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
Last year, the number of concurrent Twitch live viewers for College Football 25 streams peaked at 190,000 during the final day of the early access period, according to Twitch Tracker.
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 10 July 2025
Additionally, Maximilian Jo, general counsel and corporate secretary for Webtoon Entertainment, will take on a new concurrent role as vp, head of strategy for the company’s global IP business team.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
One Reddit user claims to have just landed a fifth concurrent job, bringing their income to over $3,000 a day.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Twitch streams of people playing Rematch surpassed 40,000 concurrent viewers Monday night with the help of popular European content creator eliasn97, who accounted for three-quarters of those spectators.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 July 2025
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 10 July 2025
Additionally, Maximilian Jo, general counsel and corporate secretary for Webtoon Entertainment, will take on a new concurrent role as vp, head of strategy for the company’s global IP business team.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
One Reddit user claims to have just landed a fifth concurrent job, bringing their income to over $3,000 a day.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Twitch streams of people playing Rematch surpassed 40,000 concurrent viewers Monday night with the help of popular European content creator eliasn97, who accounted for three-quarters of those spectators.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concurrent
Adjective
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Schools will be closed and students will have a synchronous eLearning day from home, school district officials announced Monday afternoon.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2025
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That’s highly synchronous, resulting in many, many animals making that migration simultaneously.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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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
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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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These symptoms may include fever, fatigue, and nausea, but a chikungunya infection is characterized by the accompanying severe joint pain that can last for months or years.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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Depending on their employer’s giving programs, many employees’ donations have an accompanying corporate match, which can double or triple their original donation amount.—
Matt Nash,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Her voice, presence, and simultaneous power and vulnerability absolutely blows my mind and working with her has been a dream.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
1 Aug. 2025
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Federal immigration agents arrested seven people in KCK and four in Lenexa during simultaneous raids on two El Toro Loco Mexican Bar and Grill locations.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Literally trapped as Isaac in Iris’ fever dream, Lerman is more than up to the task, guiding his character through his own wide range of emotions (and attendant facial expressions).—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 July 2025
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Thus, European migrants easily and quickly became U.S. citizens and gained access to the attendant rights, privileges, and protections that came with it.—
Time,
Time,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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The timing of these changes were roughly coincident with clarification of Information Blocking rules and Epic’s introduction of its own competing product.—
Seth Joseph,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2024
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Another suggestion is that there were two more or less coincident eruptions, one each in northern and southern hemispheres.—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
26 July 2011
Adjective
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No Man’s Sky, an action-adventure game, uses AI to generate planets and their associated environments.—
Alan Stafford,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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At least 30 states, including Maryland, are competing with incentives to woo data center construction along with the associated tax base and jobs.—
Lorraine Mirabella,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
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The Economic Catalyst The timing isn’t coincidental.—
Kristen Classi-Zummo,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The magic number of three — however coincidental and inaccurate — was too much for the internet to resist.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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“Concurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concurrent. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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