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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Walk in together - Entering the home side by side sets a positive tone.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Editors sampled the mustards side by side, scoring them on taste, texture, and overall experience using a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Every color, or frequency, can carry its own stream of information, allowing dozens of signals to travel side by side without interference.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
This vote was one of the clearest signals yet that the international community sees peace as achievable only through two states living side by side.
—Muhammad Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Editors sampled the mustards side by side, scoring them on taste, texture, and overall experience using a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Every color, or frequency, can carry its own stream of information, allowing dozens of signals to travel side by side without interference.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
This vote was one of the clearest signals yet that the international community sees peace as achievable only through two states living side by side.
—Muhammad Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Side by side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20by%20side. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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