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conterminous

adjective as in contained within the same limits

adjective as in having a common boundary

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“It really started happening conterminous with the introduction of these drugs, with Prozac and the other drugs.”

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It is an actual place that is also conterminous with a brand.

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“We have shown that prospects for saving this iconic keystone species in the conterminous U.S. are diminishing,” the scientists wrote.

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Grizzlies are federally protected as a threatened species in the conterminous U.S. following a 2018 order by a federal judge in Montana.

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They help convey the illusion that media platforms like Instagram and Facebook are as old as we are, that their history is conterminous with our own.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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