concurrently

as in simultaneously
at one and the same time two major trade shows running concurrently at the convention center

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Recent Examples of concurrently As well as financial return on investment, sports stars want to see their own personal brands develop concurrently. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 Damian sentenced Rivera to 120 months on five counts and 60 months on two others, with all terms running concurrently. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 He was sentenced to one day in jail on each count, to be served concurrently, and was credited with one day served. — Erick Mendoza, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026 The leaders of the strongest franchise systems recognize that expansion and operational discipline must develop concurrently. — Tushar Mishra, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The judge ordered the murder and firearm sentences to run consecutively, while the conspiracy sentence would run concurrently, meaning Kathryn will serve at least six years in prison. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026 Lench ruled at the time that Weinstein cannot serve his New York and Los Angeles sentences concurrently. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 The judge also sentenced him to a three-year sentence on a separate DUI count, which will be served concurrently with the eight-year term. — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 In shifting to September 24–27, the Frieze brass also gave itself breathing room from their Seoul fair, which ran concurrently. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
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Adverb
  • Never Enough, the group’s fourth album following 2021’s Glow On, won Best Rock Album at the same awards show, in which the band was the first to be nominated simultaneously in the Rock, Alternative and Metal categories.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Every weekend for the past month, the sidewalk in front of the Natural Academy of Sciences has simultaneously felt like a festival, a funeral, and a science fair.
    — Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Baltimore had coincidently fallen 17 points below its scoring average, and the Ravens fell to 1-3 for the first time since 2015 — a campaign that ended with a 5-11 record.
    — Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In Oshkosh, Franki runs a foundation that fights teen suicide and, coincidently, the office space sits in an old George Webb location.
    — Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Back in 2009, this was a task that quite literally took a village of 30 people — including me — working together to interpret the whole genome sequence of a colleague, friend, and fellow scientist named Stephen Quake.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The mark appears to have been made using a multiplicity of short horizontal strokes, blurred and blended together.
    — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Concurrently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concurrently. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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