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alongside of

  1. Beside, next to, as in Tom's canoe lay alongside of mine . [Late 1700s]

  2. Together with, as in Her children played alongside of mine all summer long . [Late 1700s]

  3. Compared to, as in My car doesn't look like much alongside of Dad's . [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]



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I recently had an incident at my own home where an individual was walking up alongside of my house.

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“We just felt that to intensify the bullpens, alongside of the intensity of the games, wasn’t smart,” Roberts said.

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“You’ve got to try to score alongside of them,” Wolves coach Chris Finch said.

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Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Hemsworth and Bad Bunny are hosts of the event, alongside, of course, Anna Wintour.

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The county still used the machines as the primary counting method, with a hand-count happening alongside of it.

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