contemporaneous
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According to contemporaneous accounts, German prisoners of war in U.S. camps were sometimes offered Cokes at the commissary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Well, there are numerous contemporaneous examples of reparation payments exacted by European states, so you tell me.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 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
They capture contemporaneous mood, instinct and private views.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
It is as fundamental a structural change to the way music sounded as was the contemporaneous decision to start using timber frames and bricks in the building of houses.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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