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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2
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
Hybrid cloud architectures must enable short query response times (to meet rigorous SLAs), high throughputs (to query large volumes of data) and high concurrency (to support multiple workloads).
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Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 2 June 2022
And Tennessee is actually favorable to concurrency.
—Tasha Lemley, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022
Suppose your company’s goals include unlimited concurrency and instant response times in delivering analytics.
—Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
The Air Force intentionally introduced concurrency with the F-35 fighter to make planes available to pilots sooner, with the idea that the service would eventually update the early production jets to match the final hardware and software standard.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2021
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Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 2 June 2022
And Tennessee is actually favorable to concurrency.
—Tasha Lemley, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022
Suppose your company’s goals include unlimited concurrency and instant response times in delivering analytics.
—Rohit Amarnath, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
The Air Force intentionally introduced concurrency with the F-35 fighter to make planes available to pilots sooner, with the idea that the service would eventually update the early production jets to match the final hardware and software standard.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2021
See all Example Sentences for concurrency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concurrency
Noun
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Loki's Transformation Trouble: Resolved a rare occurrence where Loki's Ultimate Ability transformation would end immediately after activation in unstable network conditions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Each new occurrence, in turn, fills many with a greater and greater sense of insecurity.—
Alissa Quart,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The City Council approved several amendments to the Community Master Plan as well as a new agreement with developer Festival Ranch North, LLC, since the original one expired.—
Alexandra Hardle,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Feb. 2025
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Those talks should have started more than a week ago according to the ceasefire agreement.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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While the school board has not said how the district would be split, the consensus among the public is that the line would form along Denton Highway (U.S. 377).—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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The consensus estimates are hovering around a net gain of 170,000 jobs for last month, according to FactSet.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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The scene was captured on Jan. 19 beside one of the auxiliary telescopes that contribute to ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, a system of four telescopes working in unison.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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But footage released soon after the press conference shows most of the group complying with officers and walking away, singing in unison.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Concurrency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concurrency. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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