coexistence

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the occurrence or existence of several things at once a difficult economic situation marked by the coexistence of inflation and unemployment

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Recent Examples of coexistence For many Christians and Jews, protecting coexistence in the Holy Land is a moral imperative after their own long histories of religious persecution. ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 The coexistence of different military traditions created both opportunities and problems as they were never fully integrated into a single military system. Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 Gone is a hadith likening Christians and Jews to maimed animals; 11th-grade students now learn about coexistence from the Prophet Muhammad’s treaties with Christians and Jews. Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Meaningful coexistence requires more than 34 conditions on paper. Farley Road Neighborhood Coalition, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 But at the quantum scale, materials can display a far stranger form of coexistence — in which electrons themselves organize into different collective patterns within the same material. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026 Organizers say the art display is meant to promote human-wildlife coexistence while raising money for conservation efforts around the world. Goodluck Ajeh, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2026 But when college recruiting began, DeGasperis — who, at this point, had learned to navigate the coexistence of golf and social media — was pressed to choose between the two. Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 Gilbert was one of the many people WBZ-TV spoke with who felt connected to the exhibition's philanthropic mission of promoting coexistence of animals and humans. Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Neither immediately confirmed the animals had washed ashore, though a DEP spokesperson said such occurrences are not uncommon.
    Ross DiMattei, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In addition, this upcoming season will mark the third time that the Heat has played on Christmas in the last decade, with the other occurrences coming in 2020 and 2023.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • In that light, the timing felt less like coincidence than homage.
    Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Terrible visual effects and product placements aside, what makes the crossover feel like a complete overkill is that the interspersed storylines largely rely upon pure coincidence.
    Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Coexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coexistence. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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