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as in coinciding
occupying the same space
South Dakota's Todd County is coextensive with the Rosebud Sioux Reservation
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as in concurrent
existing or occurring at the same period of time
the golden age of Dutch culture was roughly coextensive with the Netherlands' reign as a world power
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Recent Examples of coextensive
Beyond this subset of works, the chipmunk paintings are also coextensive with the entire body and thrust of her production.
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Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Being online was not coextensive with being alive.
—Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
The effect is like one of those montage reels that clutter up the Academy Awards broadcast — all the best bits of the last year run together to suggest that your personal memory of the past is exactly coextensive with Hollywood’s manufacture of fantasy.
—Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
How can its digital platforms become coextensive with its in-person programming, without losing the uniqueness of each?
—New York Times, 21 May 2021
The exotic animal was brought by ambassadors from the distant south, possibly from Nubia (a kingdom on the Nile roughly coextensive with modern Sudan).
—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
The comparison with Lauren Bacall suggests a connection between kinds of beauty, or suggests, rather, that there’s always and only one beauty, which is coextensive with the life of God.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
In a few decades the internet has swallowed the record, and become coextensive with it.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2019
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Being online was not coextensive with being alive.
—Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
The effect is like one of those montage reels that clutter up the Academy Awards broadcast — all the best bits of the last year run together to suggest that your personal memory of the past is exactly coextensive with Hollywood’s manufacture of fantasy.
—Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
How can its digital platforms become coextensive with its in-person programming, without losing the uniqueness of each?
—New York Times, 21 May 2021
The exotic animal was brought by ambassadors from the distant south, possibly from Nubia (a kingdom on the Nile roughly coextensive with modern Sudan).
—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
The comparison with Lauren Bacall suggests a connection between kinds of beauty, or suggests, rather, that there’s always and only one beauty, which is coextensive with the life of God.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
In a few decades the internet has swallowed the record, and become coextensive with it.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coextensive
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The coincident new Moon contributes no light pollution, making 2025 ideal for Orionid viewing.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 2025
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By having more than 90 percent of your own employees having a diagnosis of their own—all of them on the autism spectrum and most with other coincident disorders.—
Alan Schwarz,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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The challenge is that streaming measurements are often calculated differently from traditional television audiences, which are based on average viewers throughout an entire telecast rather than concurrent viewers at specific moments.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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These plans have a limit of 1,200 concurrent sessions.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026
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There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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In the past couple years, AI has permeated the music industry in several overlapping but distinct ways.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
27 Mar. 2026
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And every spring, thousands of people throw their names into a lottery for a chance to witness synchronous fireflies in the Smokies.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Additional features include dual-cylinder synchronous jacking technology designed to improve climbing and tower-extension safety, along with an intelligent digital control system that monitors operations throughout the crane’s lifecycle.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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Young children, adults over 65, people with weakened immune systems and adults over 50 with underlying conditions can face severe complications and may require hospitalization.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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The ceasefire does not spell out a path to resolve the underlying basis of the dispute, the longstanding differences over where the border should run.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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For new mothers constantly on the go, the Cotswolds location isn't coincidental.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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According to a new interview with DBLTAP, though, the game's co-director Jacek Zieba has revealed that the events of the game weren't inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic – at least not consciously – and that the similarities were mostly coincidental.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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Politics are so digital at this point that the images saved on your phone are seen as coterminous with your personal beliefs.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
2 July 2025
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“Coextensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coextensive. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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