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contemporaries

NOUN
generation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
age crop microgeneration
WEAK
Beat Generation Gen X Gen Y Gen Z Generation A Generation X Generation Y Generation Z Lost Generation Millennials Silent Generation Xennials baby boomers boomers sandwich generation


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The author charts a direct line from the writings of Vane and Locke through those of American Patriots such as John Adams and his contemporaries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The second defendant, N, was found by experts to have an IQ in the bottom 1% compared with his contemporaries.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Rollins had never been perceived to be the single most influential or glamorous artist of his generation but, as he gradually outlived all of his most accomplished contemporaries, his genius came into even sharper relief.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

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

They were patronized by their married contemporaries, they were vaguely felt sorry for, and were produced to date any stray extra man who happened to be visiting their friends.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee




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