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contemporary
adjective
noun
Belonging to the present time
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adjective
Belonging to the present time
“Contemporary leaders”
adjective
Characteristic of the present
“Contemporary trends in design”
adjective
Occurring in the same period of time
“A rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation”
noun
A person of nearly the same age as another
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Contemporary leaders
Contemporary trends in design
The role of computers in modern-day medicine
A rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation
The composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart
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