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con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous
 contemporaneous
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starting, existing, or occurring at the same, or roughly the same, time.
Spain's discovery of the New World and its expulsion of the Jews from Spain were contemporaneous events.The reign of Elizabeth I of England was contemporaneous with the reign of Ivan the Terrible of Russia.- similar words:
- contemporary
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contemporaneously (adv.), contemporaneousness (n.) |
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