concurring

verb

Definition of concurringnext
present participle of concur
1
as in coinciding
to have or come to the same opinion or point of view I concur with your assessment of the political situation

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2
as in accompanying
to occur or exist at the same time the 1960s, a decade in which the Cold War, the race to the moon, the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement all concurred

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3
as in cooperating
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end all sides concurred to pass the reform legislation on campaign financing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concurring
  1. coinciding
  2. accompanying
  3. agreeing
  4. collaborating
  5. uniting
Verb
  • The Mexican crackdown started last December, coinciding with the drop from the record month of immigration.
    Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The slump, in fact, started sooner than that — coinciding with the Lakers’ NBA Cup schedule.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of coinciding
Verb
  • However, the accompanying video and photos from the event on December 6 reveal a significant number of weapons.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The accompanying photo roll chronicled their love affair through pictures of the couple smiling in the car, making out in a photo booth, posing in velvety medieval gear, taking naps and hikes and, in the golden shot, Long getting down on one knee to propose.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of accompanying
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  • Whereas other participating schools have previously paid the VII Group up-front money, the company is agreeing to pay Auburn $115,000 this year to cover the costs of its 22-member official team travel party.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The seventh overall pick in the 2012 MLB draft, Fried also garnered interest from the Boston Red Sox before agreeing to terms with the Yankees, according to multiple reports from the Winter Meetings on Tuesday.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of agreeing
Verb
  • Since his youth days, Rosenthal has been collaborating with the Smigiel family.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Schaefer comes to the project after collaborating with Soderbergh on his 2018 film Unsane during his time as President of New Regency.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of collaborating
Verb
  • One of them is Jeff Pack, cofounder of One Temecula Valley PAC, a political action committee started with the aim of uniting community members across partisan lines.
    Nadra Nittle, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The tour further cemented Swift's status as a global music icon, uniting fans together with trademark bracelets and even a movie release.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of uniting
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