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side by side

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  1. Next to each other, close together, as in They were walking down the street side by side when the taxi jumped the curb, or In the new Russia communism and capitalism are trying to live side by side. [c. 1200]


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Those changes sat side by side with different types of technologies that I think also increased the likelihood of a candidate-centered campaign.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

They compared honeybee and bumblebee colonies located side by side in Cambridgeshire, England, where soil contamination is generally considered low.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

He placed two panels of 25 images each side by side, half colorized and half black and white, alluding to religious diptychs of the past.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

As a result, many working-class Korean and Latino immigrant households lived side by side and often confronted similar challenges, including substandard housing conditions, landlord abuses and underfunded public schools.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

The animals, side by side, clop-clop, stomp, clip-clop, stomp, clop.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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