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coevals

noun

plural of coeval

as in contemporaries

a person who lives at the same time or is about the same age as another somewhat surprisingly, Saint Patrick and Attila the Hun were coevals

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Recent Examples of coevals The universal hatred comes from the child star’s coevals, whose curiosity about the occupation is mingled with resentment. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

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contemporaries

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Instead of bringing Macdonald’s contemporaries in for original sit-downs, Apatow goes to the clips from countless podcasts and video shows in which those contemporaries reflected on and celebrated Macdonald.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Percherette’s contemporaries are the characters in Jane Austen’s novels, and those girls just live in their home and sometimes go to the nextdoor neighbor’s home.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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