side by side
adverb
1
: beside one another
walking side by side
2
: in the same place, time, or circumstance
lived peacefully side by side for many years
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Back then, jazz and heroin often went side by side, and Chet Baker, Elvin Jones, Stan Levey, Jackie McLean, Red Rodney, Sonny Rollins, and many other famous jazz musicians all did time at Narco.
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Melody Glenn, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
The Gulf of Mexico name will remain in use in Mexican versions of Google Maps, and international users will see both names displayed side by side.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
These competing instincts reside side by side in Mr. Trump’s mind.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The couple opened the restaurant in 2013, naming it for their daughter, who now works side by side with her parents.
—Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
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Melody Glenn, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
The Gulf of Mexico name will remain in use in Mexican versions of Google Maps, and international users will see both names displayed side by side.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
These competing instincts reside side by side in Mr. Trump’s mind.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The couple opened the restaurant in 2013, naming it for their daughter, who now works side by side with her parents.
—Lenore T. Adkins, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Side by side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20by%20side. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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