Definition of concurrencenext
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as in occurrence
the occurrence or existence of several things at once the concurrence of my birthday and the concert by my favorite band made my preference for a birthday present pretty obvious

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Recent Examples of concurrence Since then, a concurrence of Connecticut Supreme Court cases have only strengthened the state’s public access to the immediate coastline. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2026 In concurrence with expanding educational opportunity for all students, the district eliminated fees for Advanced Placement (AP) enrollment, a change that Moore said has increased Latino student participation in these courses across all four high schools. Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 But in a concurrence, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that Louisiana should not have to use a map that's now unconstitutional. Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 8 May 2026 Kavanaugh penned a concurrence that questioned the lower court ruling, writing that ethnicity cannot be the sole reason why somebody is stopped but could be a relevant factor. Joe Walsh, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for concurrence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concurrence
Noun
  • The Kansas City Royals began Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins with a pair of rare occurrences.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Yet some strange — lower-case strange, not upper-case Strange — occurrences are happening both around and to Spider-Man that are cause for serious concern.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026
Noun
  • The militant group Hamas has reached an agreement with the Board of Peace – tasked with implementing a long term ceasefire plan in Gaza – to relinquish its weapons, a senior official told CNN on Friday.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • Jennings says, in situations like this, the two parties usually come to an agreement, but this should be a lesson.
    Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • The core challenge is agents' ability to exploit existing weaknesses at scale, necessitating improved governance and careful permission management.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • If a parent denies permission, the platform will automatically revert to a chronological feed of posts shared by people the child already follows, resembling social media apps before the rise of algorithms.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The dynamic between Nanzhi and the father figure in the film tracked almost exactly onto her own relationship with her father in real life — a coincidence that extended to the actor playing that role, who also has a daughter.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026
  • In a lunar coincidence, Friday's launch coincided with the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 astronauts' return to Earth after their historic moon landing flight.
    Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • The Moon moved into Aries and your private 12th House, making quiet more useful than consensus.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • To be included on the table, companies had to have beaten analysts' earnings consensus at least 75% of the time and average a gain of 1% or more the first day after posting results.
    Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Guadian pleaded to four counts of aiding and abetting bringing of aliens without authorization for profit, federal court records show.
    Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • Without authorization, foreign robot makers have essentially no market access.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • In only a handful of generations some populations have begun evolving resistance, and the crash many expected to end in the extinction of the species now looks more like an uneasy coexistence.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Witnessing a parasite and human sharing a single body leads her to wonder whether coexistence might offer her species a better chance of survival than conflict.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Scientists say West Virginia’s low light pollution is creating a refuge for fireflies, including rare species that flash in perfect unison.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
  • Not quite applause, more like the sound of strangers finding unison.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

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“Concurrence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concurrence. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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