contemporaries
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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 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
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
One of Alfred’s cousins and contemporaries, Henry Stimson, would distinguish himself in public service with one stint as secretary of state and two as secretary of war.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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