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Contemporary

/kənˈtempərəri/
Existing or occurring in the present time, especially related to current ideas and events.

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Some wrote for their contemporaries; others for their descendants.

Evidently neither of them had anything to ask of his contemporaries.

The gallery displayed works from contemporary artists worldwide.

Etymology:

etymology
From Medieval Latin contemporarius, derived from com- meaning together and tempus meaning time, first recorded in the 17th century.

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