as in to accompany
to occur or exist at the same time two nations that should be able to coexist without conflict

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Recent Examples of coexist Long before the American government removed them both from their ancestral homelands, wolves and Native Americans coexisted side-by-side for centuries. Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2025 Additionally, once a diagnosis is made, patients who might have coexisted with their disease may needlessly be subject to the harms of treatment, such as radiation and surgery. Daniel J. Stone, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025 Working from Enoch’s predictions, the researchers found that two writing styles in the Dead Sea Scrolls, known as Hasmonean and Herodian, actually coexisted for much longer than historians thought. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025 Bacteria and yeast coexist in plants, soil, water, and the human body. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for coexist
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  • Wednesday is predicted to put an end to the week’s streak of showers and thunderstorms with mostly sunny conditions expected throughout the day accompanied by a high of 88.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2025
  • Costly Fourth of July barbecues in California Fireworks aren’t the only thing accompanying Californians’ Fourth of July celebrations this year — higher grocery prices will as well.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
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  • Another positive is the ratings, which averaged 455,000 viewers on CBS across all 10 weeks and 512,000 when not coinciding with the Summer Olympics last year.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The heat wave coincides with the longest days of the year, with Friday marking the summer solstice.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025

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