side by side
adverb
1
: beside one another
walking side by side
2
: in the same place, time, or circumstance
lived peacefully side by side for many years
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By the 1950s, Hollywood had repackaged them both as blond bombshells and set them against each other — Van Doren was Universal’s answer to Fox’s Monroe, measurements printed side by side in fan magazines.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2026
Another photo shows the duo sitting side by side as the author sticks out her tongue.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Our team and the xAI team have worked side by side for a year, using multiple layers of their technology, the language model, the voice AI, and the image AI, together in one experience.
—Dave Knox, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The two played against each other at the college level, and are now working side by side in leading the Sixers.
—Tony Jones, New York Times, 10 June 2026
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2026
Another photo shows the duo sitting side by side as the author sticks out her tongue.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Our team and the xAI team have worked side by side for a year, using multiple layers of their technology, the language model, the voice AI, and the image AI, together in one experience.
—Dave Knox, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The two played against each other at the college level, and are now working side by side in leading the Sixers.
—Tony Jones, New York Times, 10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for side by side
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“Side by side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20by%20side. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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