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contemporary
/kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹi/
noun
Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
"Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare."
Something existing at the same time.
adjective
From the same time period, coexistent in time.
Modern, of the present age.
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