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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Being able to see heart age and chronological age side by side makes heart health easier to understand, Nour Makarem, PhD, cardiovascular epidemiologist and assistant professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, told Health.
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Kristen Fischer, Health, 9 Aug. 2025
In my view, EB-5 and the gold card are not mutually exclusive and could operate side by side.
—Jill Jones, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Police documents released after Hippler released the gag order revealed that Goncalves and Mogen were both found together side by side.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The two-state solution—establishing independent Israeli and Palestinian states side by side—is widely viewed by the international community as the most viable path to lasting peace.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 30 July 2025
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Kristen Fischer, Health, 9 Aug. 2025
In my view, EB-5 and the gold card are not mutually exclusive and could operate side by side.
—Jill Jones, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Police documents released after Hippler released the gag order revealed that Goncalves and Mogen were both found together side by side.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The two-state solution—establishing independent Israeli and Palestinian states side by side—is widely viewed by the international community as the most viable path to lasting peace.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 30 July 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 23 Aug. 2025.
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