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Synonyms

side by side

Idioms  

  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]

Example Sentences

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Rows of neat, white-walled little houses stand side by side.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

They discussed the affordability crisis in America's most expensive city and smiled side by side for a photo op.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

He eventually entered to find his boss, Winston Churchill, and Gen. Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French, puffing cigars and “sitting side by side with amiable expressions on their faces.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

At Palantir, a top computer science graduate could be working side by side with an English major.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Callaway sat side by side with the techs and the cook as their equal and friend.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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