coexisted

past tense of coexist
as in accompanied
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 That distinction may help explain why higher Treasury yields have recently coexisted with less convincing dollar strength. Hugh Leask, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools. CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 The village’s Sikh landowners and Muslim tenant farmers have coexisted for generations. Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 Strikingly, these great works coexisted in the museum with an enormous exhibition of art from schoolchildren on the East End, a tradition at the museum for more than 70 years, with contributors from Flanders and East Hampton. Vanessa Grigoriadis, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026 Within the confines of Seattle Stadium, rainbow pride gear, flags supporting the Islamic Republic of Iran, and those trumpeting the pre-Revolution dynasty, all coexisted amidst the 66,925 in the stands. Sean Gregory, Time, 27 June 2026 The English language has never coexisted with Ancient Greek. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026 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. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coexisted
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  • My pungent plateful grew in strength from tomme to Shropshire blue, accompanied by crusty bread, fruit and nuts.
    Adrienne Wyper, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Considerable controversy and confusion accompanied this moment; some students tried to sue expensive universities on the grounds that a closed campus was not worth the full-freight price.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • Cuts to public agencies have coincided with outbreaks of infectious and foodborne diseases, to the point that the administration is trying to manipulate numbers to hide measles deaths.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The event also coincided with the 10th anniversary of the TV series’ debut.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Coexisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coexisted. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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