COEXISTENCE Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

coexistence

noun

as in occurrence

the occurrence or existence of several things at once a difficult economic situation marked by the coexistence of inflation and unemployment

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Recent Examples of coexistence The city has a history of religious coexistence, but the border crisis has strained relations between its Christian and Muslim communities. — Joseph Wilson, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026 Putin has also maintained that Russia has no plans to attack European countries and wants peaceful coexistence with its neighbors. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 But a monthslong migration crisis in the Spanish exclave, which Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will visit on Tuesday for the first time, has exposed divisions in a place that bills itself as a beacon of coexistence. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Through a mycelial lens, the film explores new possibilities for human and non-human coexistence, resilience, and survival in a changing world. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Pamela Flick, California program director for Defenders of Wildlife, a co-sponsor of the bill, said advocates asked state leaders for $18 million in one-time funding for the human-wildlife coexistence program, followed by $15 million annually. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Our Best Practices Guide for Filming encourages positive coexistence between productions, residents and local businesses. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026 As Pezeshkian and Araghchi delivered Iran’s demands to the world and a message of coexistence to the region, security officials back home announced a more hard-line position in Iran’s negotiating tactics. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026 This drive for coexistence may undergird fundamental aspects of how genomes regulate themselves. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

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For Hale and his group, known as People’s Vision Zero, the work was an improvement and long overdue in a part of Los Angeles where cars hitting pedestrians is an all too common occurrence.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The scale of the decline triggered a circuit breaker, temporarily halting trading on the exchange — a frequent occurrence this year in a stock market dominated by just two stocks.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

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