1
as in occurrence
the occurrence or existence of several things at once
the concurrency of several life-threatening emergencies made for a busy night at the trauma center
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as in agreement
the state of being of one opinion about something
there is general concurrency that the rule concerning the writing of thank-you notes still pertains
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Recent Examples of concurrency
Hybrid cloud architectures must enable short query response times (to meet rigorous SLAs), high throughputs (to query large volumes of data) and high concurrency (to support multiple workloads).
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Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 2 June 2022
And Tennessee is actually favorable to concurrency.
—Tasha Lemley, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022
Suppose your company’s goals include unlimited concurrency and instant response times in delivering analytics.
—Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
The Air Force intentionally introduced concurrency with the F-35 fighter to make planes available to pilots sooner, with the idea that the service would eventually update the early production jets to match the final hardware and software standard.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2021
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Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 2 June 2022
And Tennessee is actually favorable to concurrency.
—Tasha Lemley, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022
Suppose your company’s goals include unlimited concurrency and instant response times in delivering analytics.
—Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
The Air Force intentionally introduced concurrency with the F-35 fighter to make planes available to pilots sooner, with the idea that the service would eventually update the early production jets to match the final hardware and software standard.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2021
See All Example Sentences for concurrency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concurrency
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The last major occurrence of measles in the U.S. occurred six years ago when 22 outbreaks led to 1,249 cases from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Related article Roman egg still intact found in UK in ‘amazing’ discovery Foods rich in polyphenols have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, which have been shown to help protect against several diseases and may reduce the occurrence of prostate and breast cancer, according to the study.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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The first seems to be a nuclear agreement with Iran.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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The audio company has been the ad sales and distribution partner for CBS Sports since 2022, and has now struck an exclusive, multi-year agreement with CBS on the additional business segments.—
Caitlin Huston,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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Tucker, Betts, Bryce Harper and Trea Turner are your steady vets, and there is surprising consensus around Julio Rodriguez, Jackson Chourio and Wyatt Langford.—
Owen Poindexter,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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The question is if there will be any consensus on a treatment plan.—
Shane Goldmacher,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Woman's Awkward Handshake Caught on Camera By Alyce Collins Life and Trends Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 Internet users were left cringing in unison by a woman's awkward encounter with a fellow gym-goer that was caught on camera.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The two will work in unison and report to chief business officer, Frédéric Balmary, who will continue to lead overall strategic direction.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Concurrency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concurrency. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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