contemporaneous

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The first is the dread of contemporaneous discovery, which is no problem if a donor arranges for his or her diary to be sealed until the people in it are dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Key reports on inflation and jobs from October and November will be released, along with more contemporaneous reports.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 6, 2025

He said the paper had produced "no contemporaneous record or corroborating evidence to support these disputed recollections from nearly 50 years ago".

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Ms Almonds-Windmill adds: "We think his few years with the police influenced this decision to keep a contemporaneous record of events. He left school at 14, but his recollections are beautifully written."

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

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