coexistence

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 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 Shirley thinks that coexistence with wolves is possible in the same way that wolves coexist with elk. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026 This coexistence of the everyday and the extraordinary suggested to me a cinematic way of approaching death – not as a spectacular intrusion, but as a presence that slowly infiltrates daily life. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 Senate Bill 1135 establishes the California Wildlife Coexistence Act, and along with it, state policy requiring an emphasis on the safe coexistence of both humans and wildlife, according to the bill analysis. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2026 This coexistence of one god and many gods may initially appear contradictory, but a clearer picture emerges by tracing the history of how Hindu texts, traditions, and thinkers—and some Western scholars—have answered this question. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Last month, anglers spotted a giant whale shark swimming off Malibu and Santa Barbara Island, a rare occurrence probably driven by warmer waters from El Niño.
    — Jasmine Mendez Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Evictions are a daily occurrence across Spain, rarely drawing much public attention.
    — Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The choice of wardrobe — and venue — is hard to read as a coincidence.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This keeps the performance informal and keeps the narrative — a staggering odyssey of injustices, abuses, travel adventures, extraordinary coincidences, losses, reunions, reflections and self-analysis — from becoming sensationalized.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Coexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coexistence. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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