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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
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
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 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
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
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 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
Adjective
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Wireless: Wi-Fi 7 with dual-band dual concurrent operation (2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz).—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The Bally’s Chicago IPO and concurrent private placement is scheduled to close on Friday, the company said.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 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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Another suggestion is that there were two more or less coincident eruptions, one each in northern and southern hemispheres.—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
26 July 2011
Adjective
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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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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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If the superintendent decides to have a second consecutive e-learning day, there will be synchronous instruction.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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The utility later announced 10 synchronous condensers and 5 grid-forming batteries to bolster its grid.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Although the underlying internet protocols remained open and neutral, massive digital platforms at the application layer walled off participants from competing services by strategically breaking interoperability.—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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However, if dairy is not the underlying cause of your acne, eliminating it from your diet likely won't improve your skin.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Economic Catalyst The timing isn’t coincidental.—
Kristen Classi-Zummo,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The magic number of three — however coincidental and inaccurate — was too much for the internet to resist.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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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 20 Aug. 2025.
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