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contemporaneous
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contemporaneous
(adjective)
contemporaneous
/kənˌtɛmpə
ˈ
reɪnijəs/
adjective
contemporaneous
/kənˌtɛmpə
ˈ
reɪnijəs/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of CONTEMPORANEOUS
formal
:
existing or happening during the same time period
the
contemporaneous
publication of the two articles
contemporaneous
events in the past = events in the past that were
contemporaneous
with each other
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— contemporaneously
adverb
The articles were published
contemporaneously
. [=at the same time]
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