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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This would mark a departure from recent U.S. military practice, where members of the JAG corps have often worked side by side with commanders to make targeting decisions, and where strikes expected to harm civilians have typically undergone a review.
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Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
The presence of two yacht clubs side by side is a relic of racial segregation.
—Timothy B. Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
This often involves presenting two responses side by side and letting the user choose between them.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
For context, that is large enough to fit over 94,000 Milky Way galaxies placed side by side along the Great Wall's longest side, which stretches out for around 10% of the total width of the entire observable universe.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
The presence of two yacht clubs side by side is a relic of racial segregation.
—Timothy B. Wheeler, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
This often involves presenting two responses side by side and letting the user choose between them.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
For context, that is large enough to fit over 94,000 Milky Way galaxies placed side by side along the Great Wall's longest side, which stretches out for around 10% of the total width of the entire observable universe.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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 1 May. 2025.
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