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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But then, the only alternative to a permanent state of war is a political solution resting on two states living side by side with security guarantees.
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Vivienne Walt, Time, 10 June 2025
But that went side by side with his streetwise sense of betrayal and rage.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
In classrooms across the school, children of all abilities learn side by side.
—Jackie Mader, Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2025
The second of two debates includes Andrew Cuomo, the disgraced former governor and mayoral front-runner, who will appear side by side with Zohran Mamdani, the thirty-three-year-old democratic-socialist assemblyman who has solidified his hold on second place in the polls.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
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Vivienne Walt, Time, 10 June 2025
But that went side by side with his streetwise sense of betrayal and rage.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
In classrooms across the school, children of all abilities learn side by side.
—Jackie Mader, Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2025
The second of two debates includes Andrew Cuomo, the disgraced former governor and mayoral front-runner, who will appear side by side with Zohran Mamdani, the thirty-three-year-old democratic-socialist assemblyman who has solidified his hold on second place in the polls.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
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“Side by side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20by%20side. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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