contemporaries
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In fact, it’s got more pop DNA than many of its contemporaries — just don’t expect the intricacies to come from Mother Mary’s music or her mythology.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
The twist is not Emma’s confession itself, but how the film contends with its dark, exquisitely nuanced subject matter in a way that is completely different from its contemporaries.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
This Sweet 16 features Pitino contemporaries like 71-year-old Tom Izzo at Michigan State and 67-year-old John Calipari over at Arkansas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
The Morgan Library & Museum puts the Baroque master’s early canvas in the context of his contemporaries and precursors, emphasizing his extraordinary naturalism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
In fact, various contemporaries of Newton had raised the problem, and the Olbers article was not even the first to contain plausible arguments against it.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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