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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
In Tyre, long held up by locals as a model of coexistence among Lebanon’s various sects, Israeli occupation and bombardment were not weakening Hezbollah’s case for its weapons.
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Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
The CoPro Foundation has unveiled the lineup for this year’s CoPro Market, with the 28th edition of Israel’s documentary co-production forum set to spotlight films centered on war, democracy, coexistence and identity.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2026
Managing the process technologically can be a significant benefit, with configurations allowing some degree of coexistence between programs, providing a much greater window for change.
—Thomas Berndorfer, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Activists from Standing Together, an Israeli Palestinian coexistence group, moved in to try to stop the confrontation, video circulated by the organization showed.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The image is both comic and oddly fitting, encapsulating the strange coexistence of weight and surface that runs through both Spark’s fiction and Schiaparelli’s design.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Seong Won also said the ceremony reflected early steps toward coexistence between humans and machines in cultural and spiritual spaces.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
The gathering draws both local worshippers and members of the diaspora returning to their ancestral roots and has long been seen as a symbol of coexistence, attracting Muslim visitors alongside Jewish pilgrims.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
The move comes two years after funding for a similar wildlife coexistence program expired.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
The CoPro Foundation has unveiled the lineup for this year’s CoPro Market, with the 28th edition of Israel’s documentary co-production forum set to spotlight films centered on war, democracy, coexistence and identity.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2026
Managing the process technologically can be a significant benefit, with configurations allowing some degree of coexistence between programs, providing a much greater window for change.
—Thomas Berndorfer, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Activists from Standing Together, an Israeli Palestinian coexistence group, moved in to try to stop the confrontation, video circulated by the organization showed.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The image is both comic and oddly fitting, encapsulating the strange coexistence of weight and surface that runs through both Spark’s fiction and Schiaparelli’s design.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Seong Won also said the ceremony reflected early steps toward coexistence between humans and machines in cultural and spiritual spaces.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
The gathering draws both local worshippers and members of the diaspora returning to their ancestral roots and has long been seen as a symbol of coexistence, attracting Muslim visitors alongside Jewish pilgrims.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
The move comes two years after funding for a similar wildlife coexistence program expired.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coexistence
Noun
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The poem persists both as a series of occurrences and as a solid object.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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The term simply refers to the uncommon occurrence of two full moons in one month.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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O’Farrell’s inclination for narratives propelled by brutal coincidence and fatally poor timing tenders a Hardy-esque vision of the world, one that emphasizes the rigid, often cruel limits of an individual’s jurisdiction over the course of their life.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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For years, people took photos of themselves on the 666 to Hel and shared them on social media, relishing the coincidence of a bus to a beach resort provoking mental images of damnation, thanks to the similarity of the town's name to the English word hell.—
Anna Noryskiewicz,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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“Coexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coexistence. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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