1
as in synchronous
existing or occurring at the same period of time
concurrent expeditions to the Antarctic that were in a race to reach the South Pole
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2
as in attending
present at the same time and place
the postwar period of prosperity and the concurrent baby boom are the major topics in this history of the 1950s
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Recent Examples of concurrent
Davis said Mohamed was also appealing a ten-year probation that would run concurrent to his four-year prison sentence.
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Angela Mathew, Dallas Morning News, 2 Apr. 2026
And even then, states hold concurrent authority to regulate federal elections.
—John J. Martin, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
Stiles explained that the greatest benefit his team is currently seeing from the technology isn’t in product ideation but in reducing handoffs between steps, which enables more concurrent development time.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Barzee also argued to the panel Thursday that the House hearing could influence potential jurors in the criminal trial and that the concurrent proceedings have prevented her from cooperating with the ethics committee's investigation.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
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Angela Mathew, Dallas Morning News, 2 Apr. 2026
And even then, states hold concurrent authority to regulate federal elections.
—John J. Martin, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
Stiles explained that the greatest benefit his team is currently seeing from the technology isn’t in product ideation but in reducing handoffs between steps, which enables more concurrent development time.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Barzee also argued to the panel Thursday that the House hearing could influence potential jurors in the criminal trial and that the concurrent proceedings have prevented her from cooperating with the ethics committee's investigation.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concurrent
Adjective
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Well, the name of my production studio is Synchronous Pictures, and synchronous means something can be multiple things at the same time.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Earth is locked in a synchronous dance with the moon, so the same lunar hemisphere always faces away from us.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2026
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For his last runway collection, unveiled in September, Michele constructed a parallel universe of side-by-side shows separated by a wall that when lifted revealed twins in identical looks in synchronic stride.—
Colleen Barry,
Fortune,
24 Nov. 2022
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With a lockable synchronic-tilt mechanism and special Z-Shape design, the Kaiser 2 can accommodate a weight up to 180kg, quite a bit more than normal mechanisms on office chairs and the back can be reclined to an angle of 160 degrees which can be locked when not in rocking mode.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2021
Adjective
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The accompanying images were identical to BAYC’s Apes.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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In an accompanying perspective in Science, James Brooks offered a pointed takeaway.—
Ryan Brennan
April 10,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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The movies weren’t subtitled, and sometimes a screening included a live narrator doing simultaneous translation into Romanian.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the wake of the simultaneous excitement over the ARTEMIS II mission, NPR went to NASA and other experts to find out about the real science behind many of the film's plot points.—
Tara Haelle,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2026
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Liz Stearman, director of behavioral health for Humana, and other Medicaid experts repeatedly warned Kentucky officials that the state’s high spending on lower-level peer support and psychoeducation without the attendant clinical services wasn’t helping people seeking addiction treatment.—
Alex Acquisto,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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Some of the best al pastor in Austin can be found at Paprika, but only on Saturdays, along with attendant lines that often start before the doors open.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
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Regional banks bounced a bit, still down a couple percent on the week, as Thursday’s flush lower amid a few separate but coincident credit hiccups exacerbated underlying unease with the opaque and possibly lax lending across private credit and among smaller commercial banks.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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The coincident new Moon contributes no light pollution, making 2025 ideal for Orionid viewing.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 2025
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In the San Gabriel Valley, residents of both incorporated cities and unincorporated areas have voiced their fears and anxieties about the number of data centers under consideration in the region and their associated impacts.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Even when arrests that could not be assigned to a location were attributed to the ZIP code that contained most of the associated road segment, 38118 still had the most immigration arrests.—
Wendi C. Thomas,
ProPublica,
15 Apr. 2026
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The parallels are coincidental.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, with the country living in terror under Homelander’s reign, Kripke previously noted that the real-world political parallels in Season 5 are coincidental, as the concluding episodes were written before the 2024 election.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Concurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concurrent. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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