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Contemporaneous

usgb/kənˌtempəˈreɪniəs/Volume
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Use it when emphasizing that events occur simultaneously within a specific historical or chronological timeframe. SlideThe coronations of the English and Spanish monarchs were contemporaneous events.
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It's often used in academic or formal writing to discuss events or phenomena in history, science, or art. SlidePicasso's earlier works were contemporaneous with the cubism movement's peak.
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'Contemporaneous' is not always interchangeable with 'contemporary' despite their similarity. SlideThough contemporaneous, their political ideologies were not contemporary in terms of popularity.
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