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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Only a small fraction of concurrent credit students in school districts take at least 29 credit hours.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025 -
However, in cases where someone was convicted of two or more crimes and served concurrent or uninterrupted consecutive prison terms, those only count as a single conviction under the persistent felony offender law.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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The modules are supplemented with synchronous discussions led by world-class educators who provide Masterclasses across diverse disciplines.—
Bryan Penprase,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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At that time, two different brain networks generate slow, synchronous electrical waves known as slow waves that connect visual stimuli with brain regions required for navigation.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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Those distinctions are not coincidental.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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The two targets were fighting over how to go about developing the land, which lent some tips to the investigation of their deaths, but there are also a few red herrings and coincidental events that complicate the case.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Business battles, thus, are only partially about increasing valuations, sales or profit margins, but also about acting as contemporaneous champions of one family and nation.—
Radu Magdin,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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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
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Republicans, meanwhile, see the simultaneous openings as a chance to extend their dominance.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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Advertisers still crave the broad, simultaneous viewership such extravaganzas generate, and marketers that in the past might not have spent heavily on sports now see new reasons to do so.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The program aims to demonstrate the breadth and depth of their art form — with pieces spanning the classical, folkloric, contemporary and flamenco styles — and the company’s half-century of output, earning them apt praise both here and abroad.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The film explores contemporary anxieties, echoing school shootings and societal unrest.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Coetaneous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coetaneous. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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