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contemporaneous

[kuhn-tem-puh-rey-nee-uhs] / kənˌtɛm pəˈreɪ ni əs /


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They are three people who watched the fire get lit and, by their own contemporaneous words, knew exactly what was burning.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

The quotes they use come “either from the person speaking them” or from “someone who heard them directly, or from contemporaneous notes, recordings, or transcripts.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

In recent years, the central bank’s answer to these questions has largely been data dependence—using contemporaneous data to determine whether policy is overly restrictive or accommodative.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

These contemporaneous dictionaries and historical cases did not materialize for the first time in the court’s opinion.

From Slate Jun. 3, 2026

Even the October Revolution in Russia in 1905, an event with thunderously far-reaching implications for society at large, had minimal impact on the contemporaneous upheavals in music.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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