noncontemporary

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Recent Examples of noncontemporary According to showrunner Chris Van Dusen, the choice to sneakily drop contemporary music into the decidedly noncontemporary setting was meant to reflect Bridgerton's fresh take on the period romance genre as a whole. Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 29 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncontemporary
Adjective
  • The company was aware of this issue and tried to head it off by encouraging employees to use asynchronous communication, especially the message feature in Microsoft Teams.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But maybe this relationship was something more than an asynchronous collaboration.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Traditional family law can be archaic, inconsistent and not aligned with the realities of modern relationships.
    Julia Rodgers, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • According to the team, in a few years, entrepreneurs will consider a passive site as archaic as a business without a phone number.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Large events might overwhelm its antiquated plumbing system.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The immigration agent didn’t know what to make of the antiquated document.
    Pedro Rios, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But as obsolete as these pregnancy myths might have become, in some ways parents still need them.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Mastery of a particular model’s API or a set of prompting techniques can become obsolete in a matter of months.
    Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This year’s newest members included Hot Rize, the Bluegrass Cardinals, and the late Arnold Shultz, an old-time Black musician who remains a pioneering influence on the formation of bluegrass.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And the decor is still the same paneled walls with old-time ads for Nehi and Cepacol.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Not a bad start, definitely auspicious, which makes the antediluvian inspirations behind these sparkling party dresses all the more mysterious.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
  • Image Still, Professor Bogdanor said, the antediluvian nature of the Lords eroded faith in government generally, particularly among young people.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Proximity to several universities has filled the area with used book stores, cheap restaurants, and coffee shops that were ancient before anyone ever heard of Starbucks.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Specifically, they have been designed to explore lava tubes or underground tunnels formed by ancient volcanic activity that may exist on the moon.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This out-of-date cryptography can persist for years or even decades and often takes at least as long to remediate to current versions.
    Dave Krauthamer, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, hundreds of the museum’s videos regarding items in the collection and on educational topics that were removed from YouTube in January 2023 are being restored to the streaming service after being reorganized, with out-of-date material removed.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Noncontemporary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncontemporary. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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