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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It's woven into the daily experience of students with and without disabilities who learn side by side in classrooms designed to support a wide range of learning needs.
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Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 22 June 2026
This isn’t new terrain for the duo, who wrote their first script sitting side by side at the same laptop.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 June 2026
Always side by side, the couple smiled for the camera at the Oscars in 1998, where Cusack was celebrating her second Academy Award nomination — this time for Best Supporting Actress in In & Out.
—Laura Millar, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
As a result, many working-class Korean and Latino immigrant households lived side by side and often confronted similar challenges, including substandard housing conditions, landlord abuses and underfunded public schools.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
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Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 22 June 2026
This isn’t new terrain for the duo, who wrote their first script sitting side by side at the same laptop.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 June 2026
Always side by side, the couple smiled for the camera at the Oscars in 1998, where Cusack was celebrating her second Academy Award nomination — this time for Best Supporting Actress in In & Out.
—Laura Millar, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
As a result, many working-class Korean and Latino immigrant households lived side by side and often confronted similar challenges, including substandard housing conditions, landlord abuses and underfunded public schools.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 19 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 24 Jun. 2026.
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