alongside of
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Beside, next to, as in Tom's canoe lay alongside of mine . [Late 1700s]
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Together with, as in Her children played alongside of mine all summer long . [Late 1700s]
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Compared to, as in My car doesn't look like much alongside of Dad's . [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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And I look at those ships, they came with the destroyers alongside of them, and man.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
"I think it's insulting to those who were fighting alongside of us," former national security adviser Herbery Raymond McMaster told the BBC.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
“We just felt that to intensify the bullpens, alongside of the intensity of the games, wasn’t smart,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025
The county still used the machines as the primary counting method, with a hand-count happening alongside of it.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024
“Anyway, we held on, Jeth. They can’t say that our boys was puny alongside of theirs—like they said about us last year at Bull Run.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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