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as in flank
a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line
will everyone who wants to sign up for volleyball please stand off to this side of the gym?
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2
as in aspect
a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded
examined the problem from all sides
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3
as in faction
a group of people acting together within a larger group
our side won, and the club will have a holiday party after all
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as in to club
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as in to skin
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Recent Examples of side
Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
This construction also helps to keep the down even throughout, which avoids any clumping on any specific side.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Shift your weight into your left hand and slowly lift into Side Plank by stacking your shoulders and your hips and reaching your right arm toward the ceiling, which requires you to work the obliques (side abdominal muscles).
—Amber Sayer, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Of the 1,183 who voted, 87 percent sided that her concerns were just.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2025
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Noun
Miceli fired two shots, and one bullet hit the SUV’s front passenger side panel, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
This construction also helps to keep the down even throughout, which avoids any clumping on any specific side.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
Adjective
In many ways, Chrono Trigger feels like the prelude to what games like The Witcher 3 would achieve decades later, the spark that made RPG developers think far more closely about how side content in a game can still inform the larger whole.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Shift your weight into your left hand and slowly lift into Side Plank by stacking your shoulders and your hips and reaching your right arm toward the ceiling, which requires you to work the obliques (side abdominal muscles).
—Amber Sayer, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
Third, there is reason to believe some of the justices would side in favor of the NCAA on other types of athlete compensation restrictions.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Of the 1,183 who voted, 87 percent sided that her concerns were just.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for side
Noun
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Parts of the plan were to split Russia's Western Military District—close to NATO's eastern flank—into two districts, Moscow and Leningrad, and to grow the size of the military.—
Ellie Cook — reporting from Rovajärvi, northern Finland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Despite these provisions, which were largely a win for the party’s right flank, their moderate counterparts still lined up to support the bill.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Just as a sommelier must understand both the technical aspects of wine and the human aspects of service, tech leaders must bridge the gap between complex solutions and real human problems.—
Dennis Kozak,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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In Persian rap, the raw and direct aspects of everyday life, streets, poverty, addiction, crime, and inequality are openly addressed.—
Ali Farahmand,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Read our live coverage » What different Republican factions wanted Disagreements within the House Republican caucus had led to uncertainty over the timing and fate of the bill.—
Martín González Gómez,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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That movie was initially a prequel to the original Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope, but Andor sets the stage for it far better, essentially resetting the entire Star Wars narrative as the result of rebel factions operating in the shadows of a fascist, Orwellian state.—
Eric Kohn,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Understand your role and your altitude within the company/firm, and tap into lateral positions within other companies to understand AI requirements on the job.—
Lorick Jain,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Once a goalie drops into butterfly, his lateral mobility is compromised, so holding one’s feet as long as possible is always an advantage.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Witt clubbed a 442-foot home run off Casey Mize in the first inning with the ball landing in the water in left-center field.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2025
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Valdez fired the game’s first pitch at 7:12 p.m. Tampa Bay Rays leadoff man Jose Caballero clubbed the second into the Crawford Boxes for a solo home run.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
Verb
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As its formula guards skin against damaging UV rays, a hydrating combination of hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and ectoin plump, smooth, and calm redness and irritation.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
3 Apr. 2025
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The formula is a gel-cream that hydrates skin with such ingredients as collagen-boosting copper peptides, smoothing saccharide isomerate, moisture-retaining sodium PCA, and calming zinc oxide.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, Bronze could be seen lying at the top of a blow-up slide before sliding down and joining his sister as dad Patrick helped from the sidelines with the activities while Brittany cheered them on.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Flip nectarines, and brush tops with reserved honey mixture.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Video shows Marilyn Monroe lookalikes hit the water in Ireland Video footage captured the moment the women took off towards the surf, running to the water with red-and-white beach balls in hand.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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These acts stoke competition between his clients, who are usually the ones with the ball in their hands most of the night.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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“Side.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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