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coextensive

adjective
co·​ex·​ten·​sive | \ ˌkō-ik-ˈsten(t)-siv How to pronounce coextensive (audio) \

Definition of coextensive

: having the same spatial or temporal scope or boundaries
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coextensively adverb

Examples of coextensive in a Sentence

South Dakota's Todd County is coextensive with the Rosebud Sioux Reservation. the golden age of Dutch culture was roughly coextensive with the Netherlands' reign as a world power

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 In a few decades the internet has swallowed the record, and become coextensive with it. — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, "The Elusive Price—and Prize—of Fame on the Internet," 20 Aug. 2019 These bonds always threaten to become chains for Baldwin, and lineage seems coextensive with numbing repetition. — Ismail Muhammad, Slate Magazine, "How critics have misconstrued his influence on today’s great black nonfiction writers.," 15 Feb. 2017

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1679, in the meaning defined above

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