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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
These bonds always threaten to become chains for Baldwin, and lineage seems coextensive with numbing repetition.
—Ismail Muhammad, Slate Magazine, 15 Feb. 2017
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
These bonds always threaten to become chains for Baldwin, and lineage seems coextensive with numbing repetition.
—Ismail Muhammad, Slate Magazine, 15 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coextensive
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Mistakes, complaints and promotions The secretary issued several policy memos concurrent with his address aimed at overhauling the inspector general and equal opportunity complaint processes as part of his push to produce more Pattons.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The concurrent carriage deadlines for NBCUniversal and TelevisaUnivision are coincidence.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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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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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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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
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Williams also praised the chair for its slim profile, synchronous tilt, and adjustable lumbar support that make the seat suitable for long working hours.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
25 Sep. 2025
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Shift from synchronous to asynchronous communication.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Goldman Sachs analysts indicated that at least so far, the rise in stock prices has been accompanied by solid underlying growth.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
14 Oct. 2025
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Aaron Scott, a partner at Dechert in London, noted that CLOs issued since 2013 benefit from improved structural protections put in place in the years following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis — such as lower leverage, stricter ratings criteria and tougher tests on the underlying loan collateral.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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That all of this began in Utah may not be entirely coincidental.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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This could manifest as a coincidental meeting that develops into a meaningful connection, or a creative idea that comes to mind during a conversation.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 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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While colonial administrators imagined the West to be home to progress, order, and economic development, all of which were imagined as coterminous with whiteness, the East was imagined as its opposite.—
Zachariah Mampilly,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Coextensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coextensive. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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