nearly contemporary

Examples (10)

• Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were nearly contemporary, with their lives overlapping for several decades.
• The cathedral's construction is nearly contemporary with the founding of the nearby university.
• The two manuscripts, though found in different locations, have been dated as nearly contemporary.
• Although their styles differ, the two philosophers were nearly contemporary, which invites comparison.
• The pottery fragments are considered nearly contemporary with the tools found at the archaeological site.
• The rise of the Ottoman Empire was nearly contemporary with the end of the Byzantine Empire.
• We study these two poets together because their most productive years were nearly contemporary.
• This ancient civilization's decline was nearly contemporary with a major climate shift in the region.
• Historians believe the two events were nearly contemporary, possibly influencing each other.
• The geologic formations in this area are nearly contemporary, suggesting they were formed by the same process.