1
as in occurrence
the occurrence or existence of several things at once
the concurrency of several life-threatening emergencies made for a busy night at the trauma center
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as in agreement
the state of being of one opinion about something
there is general concurrency that the rule concerning the writing of thank-you notes still pertains
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Recent Examples of concurrency
Rust has been steadily gaining traction in the world of systems programming, lauded for its memory safety, concurrency model and performance.
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Amandeep Midha, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Rapyd Cloud’s Challenges and Triumphs Building an infrastructure capable of handling high concurrency and dynamic interactions was a significant challenge.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
The broadcast reached 65 million concurrency households in the United States, making up 56% of all viewership in the country.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
If the technical risks are manageable, developmental concurrency permits a reduction in both aircraft acquisition time and cost.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2012
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Amandeep Midha, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Rapyd Cloud’s Challenges and Triumphs Building an infrastructure capable of handling high concurrency and dynamic interactions was a significant challenge.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
The broadcast reached 65 million concurrency households in the United States, making up 56% of all viewership in the country.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
If the technical risks are manageable, developmental concurrency permits a reduction in both aircraft acquisition time and cost.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concurrency
Noun
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But Thursday's hearing was a rare occurrence that underscored the gravity of the allegations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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That’s twice the total occurrences in the 2010s, when five-week runs were linked in 2010 and 2018.—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Start by reading the contract – that's the agreement between you and the car rental company.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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One lawsuit, filed against Guadalupe Centers by former human resources director Shirley Folch, was eventually dismissed by agreement from the two sides last year, while another, filed against Guadalupe Centers Charter Schools by former Superintendent James Hammen, remains pending.—
Nathan Pilling
March 31,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The film observes uneasy coexistence with settler Canadians and the Inuit community, overturning nature-documentary conventions to reframe animals as agents in a rapidly changing world.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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Washington and Seoul should now shift toward a policy of stable coexistence — focusing on deterrence rather than denuclearization, while encouraging normal diplomatic relations with regular engagement.—
Karishma Vaswani,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Wells Fargo’s call falls in line with consensus on the Street.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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In confessional, Dorit says that what Kyle is expressing is not concern or group consensus.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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Hulu set the mood for the evening when two dozen young women, dressed in their Gilead wife-training school’s purple uniforms, walked in solemn unison down the carpet, each carrying a small pie and boarding a bus with curtains covering the windows.—
Alex Cramer,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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Kronsted studied the mechanism by which large audiences start moving in unison with a rhythm, and argued that human emotion isn’t manufactured independently inside the brain.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Concurrency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concurrency. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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