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
Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
President Trump attended an important summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and concomitant energy infrastructure at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on July 15th, 2025.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 21 July 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
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
President Trump attended an important summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and concomitant energy infrastructure at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on July 15th, 2025.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 21 July 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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As oblivion approached, with all its attendant possibilities of panic or bitterness, Bowie summoned the generosity to evoke the ordeal of one prematurely dying man while also thinking and creating at the no less vast scale of life itself.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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In the spirit of the magic of the season (and in hopes of providing some warm respite from the usual end-of-the-year best-of deluge of stories and their attendant doldrums), IndieWire is proud to present our first-ever Holiday Week.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
12 Dec. 2025
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Afterwards, the ’80s pop star performed a medley of career-spanning hits with accompaniment from Avril Lavigne, Raye, and others to celebrate the occasion.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
9 Nov. 2025
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Serve with garlic bread for the perfect savory accompaniment that will conveniently help sop up every last bit of cheese and marinara sauce.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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After that deal was struck, the city began negotiating an accompanying agreement with the LA Alliance to reduce the number of street encampments.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Even the accompanying food pyramid reflects the reversal, appearing almost entirely inverted from earlier versions.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Given that immunizations save money by reducing illness and the associated health care costs, vaccine programs have proven to be valuable investments.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Documentation related to the project — like drafts of the terms or any associated paperwork — will remain confidential and will not be available through the Kansas Open Records Act until the parties execute an agreement, according to the bond agreement state legislators moved forward last month.—
Sofi Zeman
January 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This year’s screenings will take place February 22 to 27 and will again run concurrent with the new MIP London.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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His prison sentences ran concurrent with each other.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Concomitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concomitant. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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