Today's Word "coterminous"
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coterminous \koh-TUR-muh-nuhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Having the same or coincident boundaries. 2 : Having the same scope, range of meaning, duration.
"As Ronald was fond of pointing out, in a democracy the interests of the people are, or at least should be, coterminous with those of the state."
Coterminous is from Latin conterminus, from com-, "together; with" + terminus, "boundary."
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