Contemporary
Contemporary adjective - Existing or occurring at the same period of time.
Majority and contemporary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Majority" instead an adjective "Contemporary".
Majority
Majority adjective - Held by or applicable to a majority of the people.
Usage example: the majority opinion among the tour group members was that they should cancel the rest of the trip
Contemporary and majority are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemporary" instead an adjective "Majority".
Nearby Word: major
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| direct | direct contemporary | direct majority |
| small | small contemporary | small majority |
| Protestant | Protestant contemporary | Protestant majority |
Both words in one sentence
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The majority of areas seem to have near-contemporary levels of technology (besides the dependency on landlines for communication, which is a good thing since Sissel uses the phone lines to travel).
Source: Video Game / Ghost Trick -
The majority of "Contemporary American Poultry" has Abed explaining how the study group took over the chicken fingers market at the college.
Source: Suspect Is Hatless -
Because of Jetix's expanding, the old Disney cartoons that once made up the majority of the channel's schedule were all dropped one by one in favor of running contemporary shows from the regular Disney Channel that had not even been canceled yet.
Source: Creator / Toon Disney
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