Meaning & use
contemporaneously
Existing, occurring, or being done during the same period of time as something else.
See it in a sentence
The two research teams contemporaneously discovered similar results without knowing about each other.
The novel and the film were released contemporaneously, sparking comparisons between them.
A note on using this word
Contemporaneously is formal and technical; everyday speech usually prefers 'at the same time' instead.
Words with a similar meaning
simultaneouslyconcurrently
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