contemporaries
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Posen says that George and his contemporaries are not “failed generals” who would otherwise be fired and replaced during wartime.
From Salon • May 1, 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
Given what my contemporaries and I experienced at our school in the seventies - a matter of public record - I am perfectly entitled to believe his accusers as a default.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
For the infinite had already begun to gnaw at the roots of Western thought, thanks to Zeno of Elea, a philosopher reckoned by his contemporaries to be the most annoying man in the West.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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