noun
                                                a person of nearly the same age as another
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                                                adjective
                                                characteristic of the present
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                                                                                                                                                                        modern-day
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
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                                                                                                        - contemporary trends in design
- the role of computers in modern-day medicine
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                belonging to the present time
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                                                                                                                                                                        present-day(a)
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - contemporary leaders
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                occurring in the same period of time
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                                                                                                        - a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation
- the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart