How to Use concurrency in a Sentence

concurrency

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  • The root of this predicament is a procurement model known as concurrency.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The very low availability rate of early F-35s calls into question the wisdom of the concurrency scheme to begin with.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Universal has asked for traffic concurrency approval for the project, known as Project 566.
    — Sandra Pedicini, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 May 2017
  • If not for the concurrency strategy, the production line wouldn’t start until 2019 at the earliest.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2018
  • The most valuable lesson learned from the F-35, however, may be to never, ever use concurrency to drive a major weapons program ever again.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
  • To speed things along, the Pentagon adopted a procurement process known as concurrency, in which airplanes would be built before the design was finalized.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2018
  • What is for certain, however, is that the concurrency model has been a persistent, decade-long headache for everyone involved.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2017
  • In using Erlang, WhatsApp is part of a larger push towards programming languages that are designed for concurrency, where many processes run at the same time.
    — Cade Metz, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2015
  • Under a system known as concurrency, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. military agreed to order smaller batches of jets while still finalizing the design.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Under the concurrency concept, the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin started building the jets before the development process was finished.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2019
  • This remarkable concurrency isn’t the only remarkable thing happening here.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 May 2019
  • Under a manufacturing concept known as concurrency, F-35 production began before the jet’s hardware and software was completed.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Oct. 2019

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