as in contemporaries
a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another
somewhat surprisingly, Saint Patrick and Attila the Hun were coevals
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contemporaries
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His sparse biography is fleshed out and enriched by a marvelous evocation of Elizabethan theater before and during his brief career—and his impact on a string of his contemporaries, particularly Shakespeare.—
AudioFile Magazine
September 30,
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Some of their contemporaries may have reached higher heights, but Thrice is still here when so many others aren’t.—
Brian Davids,
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30 Sep. 2025
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“Coevals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coevals. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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