CONTEMPORANEOUSLY Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

contemporaneously

adverb

Definition of contemporaneously

as in concurrently

at one and the same time Mozart was writing music contemporaneously with Haydn

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Recent Examples of contemporaneously An order consistent with this Memorandum Opinion will be entered contemporaneously. — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025 The partnership of Pantages, Mills & Shreve happened to be developing 15 subdivisions on the Point more or less contemporaneously with Azure Vista. — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026

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The sentences will run concurrently, and Rullan was also ordered to pay $20,000 in fines.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
The old zones will remain in effect concurrently with the new zones.

— Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2026

Definition of concurrently

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At one point, Weist describes uncovering that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani maintained a fine-art photography practice while simultaneously waging a highly public censorship battle against the Brooklyn Museum.

— Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The show made Broadway history as the first live Broadway performance to be simultaneously televised on CNN to audiences across the world.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 July 2026

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