Meaning & use
concurrently
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Happening or existing at the same time as something else.
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She studied for her degree while working concurrently as a nurse.
The two trials are proceeding concurrently in different courtrooms.
A note on using this word
Common in legal and scheduling contexts, such as 'serving concurrent sentences,' meaning multiple sentences are served at the same time rather than one after another.
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successivelysequentially
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