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“The lesson of history is that alliance systems often prove more resilient in retrospect than contemporary observers expect at the time,” they write.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Nobel Prize committee said they had selected her "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Tawdry doings, perhaps, by contemporary standards, but highly effective.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Asco was a fecund ecosystem, as is the close-knit community of contemporary artists following in its footsteps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Unlike Jomon pottery, Yayoi pottery had shapes very similar to those of contemporary South Korean pottery.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Musk’s trillioniare status means he’s wealthier than his next three contemporaries combined — and also worth more than historical tycoons like John D. Rockefeller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“ANTM” and “The Swan” were contemporaries, after all.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Pollock's pay puts him well ahead of most of his contemporaries in the Prem however.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

While I’d sooner take life advice from my golden retriever than a chatbot, my parents aligned with their contemporaries in treating Claude as a Google substitute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

In Tannhauser, Lohengrin and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg he reworked ancient legend-fables so that his contemporaries would be uplifted by the chivalric pride inherent in the tales.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall