- plural of contemporary.
contemporaries
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Contemporaries were convinced that his motivation for publishing Mansfield’s ephemera wasn’t so much reverence for her talent as greed for hard cash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
In his 1966 book My Contemporaries, art critic Govindraj Venkatachalam recalls meeting Row as a young girl.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023
From apartment decor to food obsessions and even her path to publication, Lucy bears a striking resemblance to a real-life Vintage Contemporaries author.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023
Contemporaries expressed their revulsion, even as they found themselves drawn to them.
From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2022
Contemporaries speak very highly of Fletcher’s integrity, but he was also choleric and impetuous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
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