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contemporaneous

[kuhn-tem-puh-rey-nee-uhs] / kənˌtɛm pəˈreɪ ni əs /


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And may a purchasing fund rely on a loan’s NAV as a “practical expedient” if it knows the actual price is lower in a contemporaneous transaction?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

She was very contemporaneous with Our Bodies Ourselves.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

The Labs was boosted by contemporaneous work for the U.S. military, in World War II and during the Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

"She's a diplomat, not a D-list celebrity. My 15-year-old, social media obsessed, brother is less shameless in his self-promotion," reads some contemporaneous testimony.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

It is as fundamental a structural change to the way music sounded as was the contemporaneous decision to start using timber frames and bricks in the building of houses.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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