"Coeval" (koh-EE-vul) means of the same age, originating or existing during the same period of time. It is derived from the Latin for "lifetime."
Example (as used by Mark Mathabane in Newsday): "Coeval with human speech and found among all peoples, poetry appeals to our sense of wonder, to our unending quest for answers to the timeless questions of who we are and why we are."
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