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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Cooking dinner side by side in our kitchen, sharing a sleepy elevator ride with our neighbors in the evening, hearing music and laughter vibrate through the walls of the apartment.
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Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
This result will likely move Notre Dame and Miami side by side in Sunday's final College Football Playoff rankings.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
People were obsessed with it — total beginners and semi-pros playing side by side, all having fun.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
That game finished 36–16, the first time those two numbers had ever appeared side by side at the end of an official NFL contest.
—Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
This result will likely move Notre Dame and Miami side by side in Sunday's final College Football Playoff rankings.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
People were obsessed with it — total beginners and semi-pros playing side by side, all having fun.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
That game finished 36–16, the first time those two numbers had ever appeared side by side at the end of an official NFL contest.
—Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 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 16 Dec. 2025.
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