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coexist

[koh-ig-zist] / ˌkoʊ ɪgˈzɪst /
VERB
exist together
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Some of these lines get at this crucial point that I think your music makes, which is that pageantry and sincerity can coexist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

No longer content to coexist with natural-born beings or seeking to be more lifelike, synthetic humanoids lord over what’s left of humanity.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Understanding how the two waves appear and coexist could provide clues about the more complicated phase transitions involved in superconductivity and other unusual electronic states.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Institutional dourness and cheerful domesticity coexist on the fourth floor of the Finney County Courthouse.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

This theme coexists alongside the church’s support of legitimate defense, and “there may be some tension between them,” said Philpott.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

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

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

It’s one of the beauties of life in Los Angeles — that in the midst of a sprawling metropolis, wildlife coexists alongside humans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

The remark is intrinsically untrue, because the doctrine of transmigration coexists in reconciled belief with the observed law of birth, infancy, and growth, not with the miracle of transition into reviving corpses.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

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

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

There is little question of the ideological divergence between the two countries today, but, as Mr. Creuzberger explains, they have cooperated and coexisted through the unlikeliest of circumstances throughout the 20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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

For millions of years, these color morphs coexisted within the same populations, maintaining a stable evolutionary system.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

Would she believe that Poles, Jews, Ukrainians, Armenians, and Hungarians had all coexisted peacefully in Lwów before the war?

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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

This means two species had been coexisting unnoticed until one appeared farther north in Tohoku.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2025

Having such a tangible way to witness creation left a deep impression on me, to be in such an exuberant forest coexisting with so much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

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

I am still coexisting with that guy to this day.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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