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a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were exact contemporaries, actually being born on the same day in 1809
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Recent Examples of contemporaries
Meanwhile, many of his contemporaries from this era, at least in our collective minds, remain frozen in time.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Lamar has dual critical and commercial bona fides, a pairing that not all of his mainstream rap contemporaries have access to.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
While her contemporaries like Dakota Johnson and Jennifer Lawrence might opt for a pair of jeans to go with their tee and cardigan, Stewart chose a pair of matching cashmere micro shorts with lace trim.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
While different religions and ancient cultures had described the planet as animate for eons, Lovelock’s contemporaries in the scientific community were more apt to shun this notion, preferring a Darwinian stance that species adapted to their environments, but not vice versa.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Instead of searching the transfer market for one of Messi’s contemporaries, the Galaxy targeted a couple of youthful wingers in 26-year-old Joseph Paintsil of Ghana and 23-year-old Gabriel Pec of Brazil.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Elaine May, half of Nichols and May, was the last of the brainy comedians, more akin to Dorothy Parker or Oscar Wilde than her mid-20th-century variety-show contemporaries.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
According to an online post this week, Stallone appeared to have been joined by another of his contemporaries, actor Kurt Russell, who was alleged to have said the Democrats cheated in the 2020 election through mail-in ballots.
—Tom Norton, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Maybe that's why there's a lot more contemporaries, and all of that.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Lamar has dual critical and commercial bona fides, a pairing that not all of his mainstream rap contemporaries have access to.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
While her contemporaries like Dakota Johnson and Jennifer Lawrence might opt for a pair of jeans to go with their tee and cardigan, Stewart chose a pair of matching cashmere micro shorts with lace trim.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
While different religions and ancient cultures had described the planet as animate for eons, Lovelock’s contemporaries in the scientific community were more apt to shun this notion, preferring a Darwinian stance that species adapted to their environments, but not vice versa.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Instead of searching the transfer market for one of Messi’s contemporaries, the Galaxy targeted a couple of youthful wingers in 26-year-old Joseph Paintsil of Ghana and 23-year-old Gabriel Pec of Brazil.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Elaine May, half of Nichols and May, was the last of the brainy comedians, more akin to Dorothy Parker or Oscar Wilde than her mid-20th-century variety-show contemporaries.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
According to an online post this week, Stallone appeared to have been joined by another of his contemporaries, actor Kurt Russell, who was alleged to have said the Democrats cheated in the 2020 election through mail-in ballots.
—Tom Norton, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Maybe that's why there's a lot more contemporaries, and all of that.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Contemporaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemporaries. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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