How to Use concurrent in a Sentence

concurrent

adjective

• He's currently serving two concurrent life sentences for murder.
• This exhibit focuses on marine reptiles and fish that existed concurrent to the dinosaurs.
  — Matthew Cox, Cincinnati.com, 13 Mar. 2020
• Steam, a network that powers online games for PCs, has shown concurrent usage breaking 20 million...
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2020
• With his guilty plea this week, Peterson has now been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the Morris case, to run concurrent with his previous sentence.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 7 Feb. 2020
• Ultimately, he was sentenced to five life sentences (three consecutive and two concurrent) for the murders, plus a total of 84 more years for the other crimes.
  — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2020
• Meantime, the attention that should have been lavished on two concurrent exhibits at Centro de Artes has been consumed by an avoidable controversy.
  — ExpressNews.com, 27 Feb. 2020
• The prize money is no longer equal to the concurrent stage of the men’s event.
  — Kathryn Bertine, Outside Online, 22 Aug. 2019
• The first set of those bowl games will run concurrent with the second week of the state playoffs.
  — Chris Dabe, NOLA.com, 23 Nov. 2020
• Grande also holds the record for having the most concurrent songs in the Top 40 at one time with 11.
  — Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2021
• Yet the treaty—and concurrent arms-reduction talks—marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War.
  — Sean T. Byrnes, The New Republic, 6 July 2023
• With that record number came a concurrent jump in the cost to attend.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2019
• Green was sentenced to concurrent terms of five years in prison.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
• He was sentenced to six years in prison, but that term was concurrent with his sentence for the killing.
  — Laura McCrystal, Philly.com, 18 June 2018
• She was given 15 years in prison for that death, and will serve that time concurrent with the longer sentence.
  — Ben Brasch, ajc, 17 Feb. 2021
• He was found guilty of three counts, the sentences for which were also made concurrent.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2019
• Per the plea agreement, Lange was sentenced to a 25-year-to-life term for Williams’ death and a concurrent 15-year-to-life term for the fetus.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
• Someone was posting the score of a concurrent soccer match on a blackboard near the bar.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 10 July 2021
• Colon was held in contempt and sentenced to a six years in prison, to run concurrent with his 84-year term, court records show.
  — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
• There are things that happen that are not concurrent with what how Stormy has said the story.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
• The two-year sentence for pointing a firearm will be concurrent to the murder sentence.
  — James D. Wolf Jr., Post-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2017
• Of that tally, 38 million concurrent streams came from the US.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 19 Nov. 2024
• But why not give Brady a similar show on Fox, to run concurrent with the main broadcast?
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
• The first step would be to bring MSCN and concurrent planning together.
  — Steve Banker, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• The track smashed a YouTube record for concurrent viewers after more than 3.89 million fans tuned in at the same time to see the music video.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• Low-to-mid 60s (possibly a record warm) may be concurrent with gusts near 30 mph.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
• The soundtrack’s success ran concurrent with the film’s smash status at the box office.
  — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 16 July 2024
• The crossbow season runs concurrent with the archery deer season.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2018
• Season 7 takes place concurrent with Revenge of the Sith.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
• The event broke multiple records, including 65 million concurrent streams, with 38 million concurrent streams in the US.
  — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
• That's about average, but BritBox notably supports five concurrent streams per account.
  — PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025