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coexist

[koh-ig-zist] / ˌkoʊ ɪgˈzɪst /
VERB
exist together
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I can’t see any reason why we shouldn’t be able to find a way to coexist.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

My family loved traveling to Japan, and I think that really helped open us up to new ways of understanding people and how different cultures can coexist within one space.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

"We will have to learn to coexist with the floods."

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Years ago on “Rick and Morty,” President Andre Curtis fumed that he can’t coexist with Rick Sanchez, a living god who won’t submit to his will.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

It was the very thing I’d had to create room for in our shared life, to coexist with, even if reluctantly.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

French-language newspaper El Watan said the "symbolic" visit was "of great historical significance in a country where ancient Christian memory coexists with the Muslim reality of today".

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

Venezuela isn’t like Mexico, where a state coexists uneasily with cartels.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

Constant sorrow coexists with countervailing strength and perseverance.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2025

Meanwhile, parents and experts say schools neglect students with math disabilities like dyscalculia, which affects up to 7% of the population and often coexists with dyslexia.

From Washington Times Oct. 17, 2023

Throughout its range it coexists with no more than five other arboreal hylids.

From The Genera of Phyllomedusine Frogs (Anura Hylidae) by William E. Duellman

In an interview, she noted the beaver and moose in question appear to have coexisted in the convenience-store and gas-station marketplace for at least 35 years, based on trademark records.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Those two things coexisted for a while, but not for long.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

Both aspects have coexisted for centuries, but the great popularization of the personality side gave rise to a new form of discrimination, astrological prejudice.

From Slate May 5, 2026

"By showing how color variants that have coexisted for millions of years are wiped out, we now better understand how the emergence of new traits changes competition in nature," concludes Tobias Uller.

From Science Daily Apr. 25, 2026

Different populations had widely divergent genotypes, and these diverse genetic types coexisted and even overlapped in the wild.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Gauna hopes his videos help educate people about the importance of coexisting with sharks.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Many locals who are used to coexisting with the sharks think it’s all a big hullabaloo, too.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

In his fall 1971 convocation address at the University of Alberta, McLuhan told students that in an electronic world, people become “discarnate data, a sort of disembodied spirit coexisting and functioning simultaneously in diverse locations.”

From Slate Jul. 28, 2025

"That paradox - of cruelty and warmth coexisting - is what made the finale so moving," said Mr Jeong, the film blogger.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2025

At some point my mom moved to a separate bedroom in the house, and from then on they were married in name only, not even cohabitating but coexisting.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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