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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 coexisted
Analysis of zinc isotopes preserved in fossilized shark teeth, published in Nature Communications in 2022, found that when great white sharks and megalodon coexisted during the Pliocene, their diets overlapped significantly, both feeding high up the same food chain on marine mammals.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
The American Revolution advanced powerful ideals of liberty and equality, but those ideals coexisted with slavery.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
But the San Francisco Giants and New York Giants have coexisted peacefully for decades.
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Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
At first glance, the findings suggested that humans and dogs coexisted in the Wari capital.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 May 2026
Some saw the chance to steer Cuba to a model like Vietnam, where communist rule coexisted with a thriving economy.
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Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
The Furry Tales coexisted with candy characters for about a decade before quietly vanishing in the 1980s.
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John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
That approach felt especially resonant in a setting like The Grand Ole Opry, where tradition and reinvention have always coexisted.
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Amelia Edelman,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
At Gwanghwamun, a massive concentration of people at the center coexisted with smaller clusters scattered across the city, and all of them—connected by the same time and the same rhythm—were folded into the same event.
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Yook Jihun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
The American Revolution advanced powerful ideals of liberty and equality, but those ideals coexisted with slavery.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
But the San Francisco Giants and New York Giants have coexisted peacefully for decades.
—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
At first glance, the findings suggested that humans and dogs coexisted in the Wari capital.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 May 2026
Some saw the chance to steer Cuba to a model like Vietnam, where communist rule coexisted with a thriving economy.
—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
The Furry Tales coexisted with candy characters for about a decade before quietly vanishing in the 1980s.
—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
That approach felt especially resonant in a setting like The Grand Ole Opry, where tradition and reinvention have always coexisted.
—
Amelia Edelman,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
At Gwanghwamun, a massive concentration of people at the center coexisted with smaller clusters scattered across the city, and all of them—connected by the same time and the same rhythm—were folded into the same event.
—
Yook Jihun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coexisted
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In other words, there’s not much to be deduced here, unlike the extensive notes which accompanied the release of AirPods Pro 3 last fall.
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The 24 were scheduled to arrive in Manila in two flights early Sunday, with the first batch to be welcomed by Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro, who accompanied Marcos in his talks with Putin on Wednesday in the Russian city of Kazan, the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila said.
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As the event coincided with high school graduations, some were unable to attend, but those who did eagerly met and thanked donors while sharing their career goals with the crowd.
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But their surge in popularity has coincided with an increase in plumbing issues, because people are flushing them down the toilet.
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