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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So cute nice to see Savannah and Chase side by side.
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
After natural disasters, members of other faiths and Latter-day Saints often work side by side on community clean ups and volunteer efforts.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
The following year, 1958—the period depicted in The New Force—the first female graduates began patrolling the streets in uniform, side by side with their male colleagues.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Now, the cat and dog duo can spend all their time playing and snoozing side by side.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
After natural disasters, members of other faiths and Latter-day Saints often work side by side on community clean ups and volunteer efforts.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
The following year, 1958—the period depicted in The New Force—the first female graduates began patrolling the streets in uniform, side by side with their male colleagues.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Now, the cat and dog duo can spend all their time playing and snoozing side by side.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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