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coexist

[koh-ig-zist] / ˌkoʊ ɪgˈzɪst /
VERB
exist together
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This place has an odd, accommodating kinship with these prehistoric monsters, a willingness to coexist rather than eliminate what would kill us.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Explaining how this growing complexity can coexist with the continual rise of entropy remains an unresolved problem.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

By the same token, I think a deep love of country can coexist with ambivalent feelings about how the national team performs on the field.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

"Her challenge will be to persuade Washington that the KMT's engagement with China can coexist with strong deterrence," Hass wrote in a recent opinion piece in the Taipei Times newspaper.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

But I was able to coexist with it, thanks to Suzanne.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

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

In either sex arrested development of the face, middle ear, and palate often coexists with these supernumerary breasts.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

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

It has coexisted uneasily with the principles of the Declaration.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

Researchers are exploring whether these groups competed, coexisted peacefully, or worked together in meaningful ways.

From Science Daily Apr. 12, 2026

Okrent highlights the emotional frailties that coexisted with the brilliance and generosity.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

What kind of cultures, societies and political structures would have emerged in a world where several different human species coexisted?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Instead, scientists will target gases coexisting in ways that can’t be explained by geology alone.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 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

They melded into each other, their strengths coexisting.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 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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