as in attendant
present at the same time and place
an improvement in the facilities led to a concomitant improvement in morale
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as in accompaniment
something that is found along with something else
disease is all too often one of the concomitants of poverty
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Recent Examples of concomitant
JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
The West persisted as a meaningful geopolitical concept and entity even after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its concomitant East.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2024
Early capitalism and its disciplinary concomitant, the then-nascent field of political economy, understood workers not as people, with a craving for vastness, but as animals, who aspire to nothing more ornate than subsistence.
—Becca Rothfeld, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
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Adjective
But concomitant with this were tensions around the concept of localism, an ethos with its roots in the conditions and convictions of the earliest settlers.
—JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
The West persisted as a meaningful geopolitical concept and entity even after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its concomitant East.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the concomitant rise in oil prices led to a 180-degree turn in Biden’s approach toward Riyadh.
—F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2024
Early capitalism and its disciplinary concomitant, the then-nascent field of political economy, understood workers not as people, with a craving for vastness, but as animals, who aspire to nothing more ornate than subsistence.
—Becca Rothfeld, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concomitant
Adjective
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In pilot wave theory, as de Broglie’s brainchild is known, particles are guided by attendant waves.—
Tim Folger,
Scientific American,
16 Mar. 2026
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Madrid continue to cite the completion of works at the Bernabeu as key to club finances, and the attendant extra revenue that will bring.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Serve with crostini and Boursin for a crisp and creamy accompaniment.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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There is live musical accompaniment.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The accompanying documentary was the highest-grossing concert film ever upon its release.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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During its first two seasons, every Tender Touches episode was released alongside an accompanying operetta version.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Due to Western sanctions and associated risks, China has been the biggest buyer of Iranian oil.—
Sheikh Saaliq,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Back then, the WWJ-TV call letters were used by Detroit's NBC 4, now WDIV-TV, while the associated radio station, though later purchased by CBS, was owned by Scripps and affiliated with NBC Radio.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Disney+, however, supports four concurrent streams.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors are recommending concurrent sentences of life without parole on both counts.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Concomitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concomitant. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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