as in concurrent
existing or occurring at the same period of time the Spanish founding of San Francisco and the British colonies' declaration of independence from the mother country were coetaneous events that occurred on opposite ends of the continent

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Adjective
  • In Father of the Bride Part II, Annie (played by Kimberly Williams-Paisley) and her mom Nina (portrayed by Diane Keaton) also have concurrent pregnancies.
    Luke Chinman, People.com, 22 July 2025
  • The concurrent blazes killed 30 people and destroyed more than 16,200 buildings – compared to 85 and 18,800 for the Camp inferno, which wiped out the Northern California town of Paradise.
    Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • With a lockable synchronic-tilt mechanism and special Z-Shape design, the Kaiser 2 can accommodate a weight up to 180kg, quite a bit more than normal mechanisms on office chairs and the back can be reclined to an angle of 160 degrees which can be locked when not in rocking mode.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • For his last runway collection, unveiled in September, Michele constructed a parallel universe of side-by-side shows separated by a wall that when lifted revealed twins in identical looks in synchronic stride.
    Colleen Barry, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2022
Adjective
  • That’s highly synchronous, resulting in many, many animals making that migration simultaneously.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • The sheer number of DNA shifts that must have occurred in rapid succession to create this synchronous outcome also reflects the strong pressure horses were likely under to become fast and tireless.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The timing of these changes were roughly coincident with clarification of Information Blocking rules and Epic’s introduction of its own competing product.
    Seth Joseph, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Another suggestion is that there were two more or less coincident eruptions, one each in northern and southern hemispheres.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2011
Adjective
  • The choice of name was coincidental but Lee and Kirby were anxious to avoid any connection to radical politics.
    Ekow Eshun July 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
  • This incident came during an ugly coincidental 72-hour period involving a trio of former Cowboys players.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • As Fowler outlines, in contrast to much contemporaneous Liberal thought, anarchists believed that personal liberty was best pursued socially, in a community free of government and living peacefully with the wider environment.
    Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
  • In contemporaneous notes shared with Suncoast Searchlight, Sheehy wrote that in early 2023, the trust was suddenly on the table as a potential source of funding for a very different purpose.
    Alice Herman, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • The petition also alleges Lensing committed the offense of simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms and possession of marijuana in Carroll County the same day, court records show.
    Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2025
  • The awards will be held February 26, with simultaneous events at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, the Edison Ballroom in New York and in London.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • Rampant and widespread—look no further than Covid-19, malaria or Lyme disease—zoonoses are often at the center of contemporary outbreaks, epidemics and research.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
  • To follow her there is to experience one of the sublime pleasures of contemporary American nature writing.
    The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
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“Coetaneous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coetaneous. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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