CONCURRENTLY Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

concurrently

adverb

as in simultaneously

at one and the same time two major trade shows running concurrently at the convention center

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Recent Examples of concurrently Tehran vowed to retaliate and is concurrently rebuilding its military and, according to reports, may be planning on expanding the war, including escalation into Europe. — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 His Canyon County sentence is running concurrently with his prison term in the Ada County case. — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026 For example, anxiety and mood disorders have overlapping signs and symptoms, and patients often meet criteria concurrently for both sets of disorders. — Anand Kumar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 Netflix has been pursuing agreements with dozens of prominent YouTubers, paying creators such as Alan Chikin Chow and Nick DiGiovanni to post their videos on YouTube and Netflix concurrently. — Lucas Shaw, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 The sentences are to run concurrently for a total of 10 years imprisonment. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 In the ’80s, the Southern California skate scene and punk scene developed concurrently, informing one another. — Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Over the last ten years, there have been a spate of memoirs about wild swimming penned by women around the UK and Ireland, many of which appeared in 2017, meaning they must have all been written concurrently. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 The Writers Guild of America, however, does rely on those issues in its own lawsuit, which will be tried concurrently with the states’ case. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

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Crews may have to navigate at night, in poor weather or through areas affected by dust and smoke, while simultaneously maintaining awareness of threats and obstacles.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Their advantage can come from scale, diversity of telemetry and the ability to learn across many different environments simultaneously.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of simultaneously

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Baltimore had coincidently fallen 17 points below its scoring average, and the Ravens fell to 1-3 for the first time since 2015 — a campaign that ended with a 5-11 record.

— Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
In Oshkosh, Franki runs a foundation that fights teen suicide and, coincidently, the office space sits in an old George Webb location.

— Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Definition of coincidently

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The idea that these two would have a five-minute-or-less breakup conversation, then plop down on the couch and happily embark on an acid trip together, strains credulity a little, even for this bizarre, codependent friend group.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Ice also holds mountains together, in the form of permafrost, a mix of soil, rock, sediment and ice.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

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