concurrency
noun
con·cur·ren·cy
| \ kən-ˈkər-ən(t)-sē
, -ˈkə-rən(t)-, kän-\
, -ˈkə-rən(t)-, kän-\
Definition of concurrency
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Synonyms for concurrency
Synonyms
coexistence, coincidence, concurrence
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Examples of concurrency in a Sentence
the concurrency of several life-threatening emergencies made for a busy night at the trauma center
there is general concurrency that the rule concerning the writing of thank-you notes still pertains
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This remarkable concurrency isn’t the only remarkable thing happening here. — Quanta Magazine, "How Geometry, Data and Neighbors Predict Your Favorite Movies," 22 May 2019 Under the concurrency concept, the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin started building the jets before the development process was finished. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Some F-35s Could Become Unflyable by 2026," 1 Feb. 2019 If not for the concurrency strategy, the production line wouldn’t start until 2019 at the earliest. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Pentagon Agrees to Fix the F-35's Many Problems Before Full Production," 6 June 2018 To speed things along, the Pentagon adopted a procurement process known as concurrency, in which airplanes would be built before the design was finalized. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Pentagon Agrees to Fix the F-35's Many Problems Before Full Production," 6 June 2018 The most valuable lesson learned from the F-35, however, may be to never, ever use concurrency to drive a major weapons program ever again. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Barely Half of the F-35 Fleet Is Flight-Ready," 5 Mar. 2018 The very low availability rate of early F-35s calls into question the wisdom of the concurrency scheme to begin with. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Barely Half of the F-35 Fleet Is Flight-Ready," 5 Mar. 2018 The root of this predicament is a procurement model known as concurrency. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Nearly 200 of America's F-35s May Remain Indefinitely Unfit for Combat (Updated)," 18 Oct. 2017 What is for certain, however, is that the concurrency model has been a persistent, decade-long headache for everyone involved. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Nearly 200 of America's F-35s May Remain Indefinitely Unfit for Combat (Updated)," 18 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'concurrency.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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