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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The two were frequently seen side by side around the Capitol.
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Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026
Dual moguls sees two skiers racing side by side down the course featuring two jumps and fields of bumps, known as moguls.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
By showing these two factors side by side, the model helps teams understand how their design choices will affect real-world performance.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
Two crew-worth spacecraft appear to sit side by side on their rockets in this NASA picture captured at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one bound for low-Earth orbit and the other for the far side of the moon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026
Dual moguls sees two skiers racing side by side down the course featuring two jumps and fields of bumps, known as moguls.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
By showing these two factors side by side, the model helps teams understand how their design choices will affect real-world performance.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026
Two crew-worth spacecraft appear to sit side by side on their rockets in this NASA picture captured at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one bound for low-Earth orbit and the other for the far side of the moon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Side by side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20by%20side. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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