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side

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adjective

as in lateral
of, relating to, or located on one side please bring all deliveries to the side door

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side

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of side
Noun
Coogler opens with traumatized sharecropper Sammie (impressive newcomer Miles Caton), smeared with blood and fresh claw marks gouged into the side of his face, staggering mid-service into the church where his father preaches, clutching his guitar. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025 Bald Eagle 390’s story On July 11, 2024 a male bald eagle (later designated as Bald Eagle 24-390 or just 390 for short) was spotted on the side of the road near Vienna, Missouri with an obvious facial injury. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Side Plank The side plank exercise strengthens your obliques (side abdominal muscles) and other core stabilizer muscles, which help maintain a balanced and upright posture.10 Here's how to do a side plank: Lay on your side with your legs stacked on top of each other. Jakob Roze, Health, 17 Dec. 2024 In each area like Vatican City, one mission begets another, and then another, as unlocking the map and gaining money to purchases tourist pamphlets opens even more to do, with dozens of relics, books, and junk to collect as side quests. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
And the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT finished in the top three World Performance Car category along side the BMW M5 and the Porsche 911 Carrera GTS. Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 Later that month, Fort Worth City Attorney Leann Guzman wrote Paxton asking him to side in favor of a vote. Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for side
Recent Examples of Synonyms for side
Noun
  • Within three minutes of kick-off, a long throw from the edge of his area to Manor Solomon on the left flank triggered one of the team’s best attacks of the game.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Walman scored his first goal with the Oilers on Tuesday night, as his slap shot from the left flank got past fellow ex-Shark Adin Hill to tie Edmonton’s game with the Vegas Golden Knights.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But there were aspects of Mail that were still not easily solved: Contact Photos and the option to Group by Sender.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Three takeaways from Royals road trip against Milwaukee Brewers AL Contention: How Royals are viewed by opposing MLB teams around the league Here are more notable aspects from Friday’s game: Vinnie Pasquantino returns to first base Pasquantino made his presence felt on Friday.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With little commonality between the two factions, politics has metastasized into a winner-takes-all where, ultimately, both sides lose.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The fact that the final economic terms were more or less on the table for months while the various factions continued to publicly attack one another and the threat of a strike loomed raises questions about Johnson’s ability to close the deal.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Mowing regularly and at the proper height promotes a lush, dense lawn by stimulating root growth and lateral shoot development.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Here’s what actually works for stiff muscles Examples include squats (sagittal plane), lateral lunges (frontal plane) and standing torso twists (transverse plane).
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The barrage marked the first time in franchise history that the Yankees clubbed back-to-back-to-back homers to start a game.
    Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
  • That would be Aaron Judge, who clubbed three home runs against Milwaukee in the Yankees’ 20-9 victory, which saw the team leave the yard nine total times, a new franchise record.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • There are many ways to skin this particular cat, mind you.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
  • But in our solar system, there’s more than one way to skin a planet.
    Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In times of great uncertainty, regions that adapt, innovate and respond smartly to changing times rise to the top.
    Eric J. Gertler, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Apparently Woody Harrelson originally auditioned for the role of Rick (Walton Goggins took the role in the end) and wanted to renegotiate the salary, taking his negotiations all the way to the top.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And it can be used in two different ways: For gradual color, pump two to three drops into your daily moisturizer; for maximum color, dispense a small amount into the palm of your hand and spread evenly across your face.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
  • To help reduce the spread, doctors say to wash hands often with soap and water, avoid sharing glasses or utensils with those who are infected, and cover the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025

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