contemporaries

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Rollins survived virtually all of his contemporaries from the 1950s and ’60s, the period in which the fundamental elements of the contemporary jazz that followed for the next half-century were established.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Over the course of a long literary career, Mark Helprin has written novels and stories about the kind of men few of his contemporaries care to depict.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

But a narrative throughline hellbent on retribution neatly threads Harris’ fiery aesthetic choices together, giving “Is God Is” far more substance — and much more thematic intrigue — than its contemporaries.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

It is an influence felt by his contemporaries down the divisions, as Karl Robinson admitted when his Oxford United side faced Guardiola at Manchester City two seasons in succession in the Carabao Cup.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Just as the period’s architects designed buildings from the same limited collection of motifs and shapes, Haydn and his contemporaries were designing music from a similarly limited catalogue.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall