1
as in occurrence
the occurrence or existence of several things at once
the concurrency of several life-threatening emergencies made for a busy night at the trauma center
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2
as in agreement
the state of being of one opinion about something
there is general concurrency that the rule concerning the writing of thank-you notes still pertains
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Recent Examples of concurrency
The recent Champions Trophy hit a global record for concurrency for any sporting event, and Mani notes that even regular matches are now breaking records previously set by major finals.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
Rust has been steadily gaining traction in the world of systems programming, lauded for its memory safety, concurrency model and performance.
—Amandeep Midha, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Rapyd Cloud’s Challenges and Triumphs Building an infrastructure capable of handling high concurrency and dynamic interactions was a significant challenge.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
The broadcast reached 65 million concurrency households in the United States, making up 56% of all viewership in the country.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
Rust has been steadily gaining traction in the world of systems programming, lauded for its memory safety, concurrency model and performance.
—Amandeep Midha, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Rapyd Cloud’s Challenges and Triumphs Building an infrastructure capable of handling high concurrency and dynamic interactions was a significant challenge.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
The broadcast reached 65 million concurrency households in the United States, making up 56% of all viewership in the country.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concurrency
Noun
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The robot also serves as an inspection agent, alerting operators whenever unexpected occurrences or safety issues are detected in the warehouse area, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Emilee Chinn / Getty Images In a rare World Series occurrence, the benches cleared Saturday at Rogers Centre in response to a verbal exchange between Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski and Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Determined to stop the anti-imperial policies of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, British and French representatives met with Israeli officials in October 1956 to forge a secret agreement for a coordinated offensive against Egypt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The strikes ended when the WGA reached an agreement with the AMPTP in September 2023, followed by SAG-AFTRA that November.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Taken together, these triumphal and tragic elements constitute the ingredients for an epic historical narrative that defies all moralistic categories, a story rooted in the coexistence of grandeur and failure, brilliance and blindness, grace and sin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Sequoia Park Zoo emphasized that the event did not highlight conflict between the wild bears and those in captivity, but rather a peaceful coexistence.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That figure, which is provided by payrolls processing company ADP, beat the Dow Jones consensus estimate for an increase of 22,000.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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But precisely because nobody could win the argument, no consensus was reached.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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Everyone barks in unison when the questioning is complete.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Apollo, there’s a chance everyone will hate your guts in unison, and there’s no recovery.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Concurrency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concurrency. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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