How to Use coexist in a Sentence

coexist

verb
  • The species coexist in the same environment.
  • Can the two countries peacefully coexist?
  • Migrating existing defenses to a new platform all at once is not always viable, and the old and new systems may have to coexist for a while.
    Yinglian Xie, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • As bears expand their range in the state, Texans will need to learn — as residents of many other states have done — how to change behaviors to coexist.
    Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The new world of work demands that technology add-ons peacefully coexist with in-house resources and remain adaptable to the enterprise's needs.
    Gregory Blondeau, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • That money could then be used to hire local residents as wildlife rangers and to pay for things such as constructing fences and educating residents about how to coexist with predators.
    Nancy Averett, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Demonstrating how conservation and grazing can coexist is key, says Pellatz.
    Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The goal of vaccination isn’t eradication, but a détente in which humans and viruses coexist, with the risk of disease at a tolerable low.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2021
  • There may be an in-house cafe, communal spaces, and all the latest digital tools wired throughout the building, but these features coexist with quiet spots for solitary scholarship.
    New York Times, 17 Mar. 2021
  • In his mind, digital media and new technologies coexist harmoniously with craftsmanship and handwork.
    April Long, Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The more important question was how Harden and Irving would coexist in the backcourt as two ball-dominant forces who are used to handling the bulk of the play-making duties.
    Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Visitors are the beneficiaries of these extensive efforts, and the island is a rare example of how tourism and ecological concern can coexist.
    Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
  • And there is room for all scale and scope of films to coexist.
    Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But the pieces fit, even if fans of both orgs would have to learn to coexist.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2021
  • El Conde is many things, some of which tend not to coexist in movies.
    Vulture, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But the four of us coexist in this film as proper leads.
    Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • Last season, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown put to rest any talk that the two couldn’t coexist.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2022
  • And there's a lot of people that believe the two cannot coexist.
    NBC News, 25 June 2021
  • In many places, grasslands and forests coexist in a slow-motion tug-of-war.
    Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022
  • She’s learned to coexist with the felines in her foster home.
    Shelter Staff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024
  • Hundreds of native plants listed in the book have evolved to coexist with fire.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • But experts said most of the dinosaurs shown in the movies didn't coexist during the same timeframe.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 June 2022
  • GaN and silicon will coexist for a while in this space.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The shapes and colors seem to embrace and coexist with one another, like strangers who share the same floor of a building.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • After a bloody brawl, Beth and Summer agreed to coexist.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 17 June 2023
  • But shark awareness, and learning to coexist with sharks, is becoming a way of life on the Cape.
    Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022
  • The question is not how these images can coexist, but why.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Teams are continuing to study gray whales out in the field, and take note of how the whales coexist with the vessels that share the Bay Area's waters.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The events after injecting the substance turn into a battleground as Elisabeth’s disregard for the rules governing her and Sue’s shared body required to coexist leads to her deterioration.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
  • As dangerous encounters in California continue to rise, local residents and wildlife experts are trying to figure out how humans and big cats can coexist.
    Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024

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