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Today's Word "contemporaneous"

Occurring at the same time on

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contemporaneous \kuhn-tem-puh-RAY-nee-uhs\ (adjective) - Originating, existing, or occurring at the same time.

"I must confess my contemporaneous existence was becoming tiresome, though I did not recognize this until this day." -- Piers Anthony, 'Centaur Isle'

 

Contemporaneous is from Latin contemporaneus, from con-, com-, "with, together" + tempus, tempor-, "time."


 

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