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What we do get, eventually, is a sense of Ms. Dixon’s own judgments, which turn out to be pretty widely shared in contemporary life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s still pastiche, but unbeholden to the nostalgia-obsessed, highly referential style that has plagued so much contemporary media, like “Stranger Things,” “Super 8” and “Wonder Woman 1984.”
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
“It’s good-humored without being comedy or satire but opens serious friendly discussions about contemporary problems,” reader Christine Almeida writes of the novel that won the 2021 National Book Award for fiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Bishop Krzysztof Wętkowski, who consecrated the statue, said "many contemporary people look only to the earth"
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Even though some aspects of the country were more liberal in the 1970s, arranged marriages were actually more commonplace than they are in contemporary Iran.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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This includes direct matchups against those contemporaries, 288 wins, some very impressive postseason wins and stats, and including shutouts that match those of other pitchers of his time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Mary Herron, 21, who is leaving a boutique cupcake shop with two friends, has noticed a difference in attitudes amongst her contemporaries.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
He couldn’t help but notice that some of his contemporaries from when he played with the Braves and Dodgers were walking slower, in some cases with the help of a cane or an assistant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Unlike many of his contemporaries working in the big-budget space, Nolan has no affection for the slow build.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The reason that Gassendi and a good many of his contemporaries were willing to accept the idea of a vacuum in the 1640s was that there was experimental evidence that ‘the void’ existed.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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