The early-music movement has created a distinctly contemporary performing style that has affected the way we hear music.

A similar impulse may have been behind Maurice Hasbrouck's additions of distinctly contemporary features to the house later in the 19th century.

An obituary described Greene's work as "macabre," but today his spare vision seems distinctly contemporary.

She has gained a strong reputation for combining purely classical movements and style with distinctly contemporary use of space.

The roles that Charlotte chose to play, onstage and off, had a distinctly contemporary tinge.

It will be covered by a tilted perforated metal screen, giving it a distinctly contemporary look.

Americans will send more than 2.2 billion holiday greeting cards this year, many with a distinctly contemporary bent.

Surrounding these tales is a distinctly contemporary aura.

And so it may, until the time comes to settle the bill and matters turn distinctly contemporary.

"Her writing is immediate, her people distinctly contemporary, from whatever generation, and all are frankly sexual."