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 introduction of virtual threads and significant security improvements not only make Java more efficient for handling high concurrency but also offer stronger protection against cyber threats.
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Shamaila Mahmood, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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
When set up properly, APIs can handle high concurrency and large volumes of requests efficiently, ensuring better performance compared to direct database queries.
—Artyom Keydunov, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Hybrid cloud architectures must enable short query response times (to meet rigorous SLAs), high throughputs (to query large volumes of data) and high concurrency (to support multiple workloads).
—Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 2 June 2022
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Shamaila Mahmood, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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
When set up properly, APIs can handle high concurrency and large volumes of requests efficiently, ensuring better performance compared to direct database queries.
—Artyom Keydunov, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Hybrid cloud architectures must enable short query response times (to meet rigorous SLAs), high throughputs (to query large volumes of data) and high concurrency (to support multiple workloads).
—Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 2 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concurrency
Noun
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This is an extreme kind of worst-case scenario fluke occurrence that could happen.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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While having smelly armpits from time to time is a common occurrence, there are some underlying conditions or other factors that can contribute to the odor.1 What Causes Your Armpits To Smell?—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
18 June 2025
Noun
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A couple of questions remain: What happens if the tariffs go into place, ending the 2019 agreement?—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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These issues have driven a cycle of reciprocal tariffs and have made further comprehensive agreements difficult to achieve in recent years.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
Noun
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For now, the consensus seems to be that there will be either one or two rate cuts.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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Again, the consensus was that the right call came as the result of a shaky-at-best process.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Even though all the beds are empty, the heart monitors beside them are still beeping, in unison, at seventy-five beats per minute.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Protesters marched in unison with the hundreds of Cubans who had been arrested, beaten up and censored for protesting openly on the island.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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“Concurrency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concurrency. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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