Definitions

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  • verb arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
  • verb happen at the same time

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Examples

  • We examined game day and wanted to contemporise and make the focus on football.

    Russell Crowe Adds Another Baby To His Fightin’ Army 2007

  • So we took advantage of that to restore the hotel and contemporise and modernise it to the tastes of the modern traveller.

    The Economic Times 2010

  • Tightly held by one family for 30 years, here is the chance of a lifetime to enjoy readymade comfort and easy living, or contemporise the current home to maximise the large block with ocean glimpses and a prized position.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • Company (IHC), feels the first shutdown in its more than hundred years of existence has helped the company modernise and contemporise the historic Palace wing of the hotel.

    The Economic Times 2010

  • Bennett is not sure what that new format is, other than TVNZ wants to "freshen" the programme and to "contemporise it".

    New Zealand Herald - Top Stories 2010

  • Tightly held by one family for 30 years, here is the chance of a lifetime to enjoy readymade comfort and easy living, or contemporise the current home to maximise the large block with ocean glimpses and a prized position.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • These are just many examples and it is not the intention here, to beat down on modern western flourish or artists that contemporise themselves.

    FasterLouder.com.au > Your Access All Areas pass to the latest in Australian rock music! News, Reviews, Photos, Forums and more 2009

  • Gandhi down to third, who can only expect to drop further if he continues his stubborn refusal to contemporise his image like

    Gone Hollywood 2009

  • For an album so reflective of a certain musical style and sound, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele manages to contemporise itself without sounding ridiculous.

    Drowned In Sound // Feed 2009

  • For an album so reflective of a certain musical style and sound, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele manages to contemporise itself without sounding ridiculous.

    Drowned In Sound // Feed 2009

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