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
  • Way’s models show that several concurrent LIPs could have thrown vast quantities of carbon dioxide into Venus’ atmosphere, warming the world so severely that much of its liquid water boiled away into the sky, accelerating the warming further.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • For comparison, the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul in November 2024 — which was Netflix’s first foray into live boxing — pulled in an AMA of 108 million viewers and peaked at 65 million concurrent streams.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Shift from synchronous to asynchronous communication.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Our love for independence and self-reliance cannot help but be synchronous with loneliness.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • 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
  • The tendency of policymakers to date has been to view the harms from internet platforms not as systemic, but as a series of coincident issues.
    Roger McNamee, Wired, 24 July 2021
Adjective
  • Law enforcement has not connected the incidents, despite the coincidental timing.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The timing, although likely coincidental, illustrated the dilemma Democrats currently face.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Keep contemporaneous evidence of intent and commercial substance, monitor capitalization and third‑party borrowing alternatives, and assess the ripple effects of a possible reclassification on reporting obligations like Forms 5471, 8621, 8938 and FBAR.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • While working on season one, Carrafa learned that most historical knowledge of the era’s dances comes from contemporaneous dancing manuals.
    Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • If compromised, malicious radios inside them could be used for simultaneous outages or covert data collection, the FHWA warned.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than incrementally improving classical AI, quantum represents a leap—offering broad, simultaneous visibility into datasets and potentially enabling diagnosis long before symptoms appear.
    Somnath Banerjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Though the contemporary design is undeniably sleek, the sofa is also ideal for everyday needs.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Her unique position as a contemporary violinist also sets her apart in an industry landscape often dominated by vocalists, rappers, and producers.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Coetaneous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coetaneous. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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