on the right side of (an age)
idiom
informal
—used with an age (such as 30, 40, 50, etc.) to say that someone is younger than that age
She's still on the right side of 40.
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School board meetings are open to the public and livestreamed on the Carroll County Public Schools YouTube channel and viewable on the right side of the Board of Education’s website at carrollk12.org/board-of-education/meeting-information, under CETV Livestream.
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Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
But restaurants need to get on the right side of the climate issue, Monsour adds, and stop fighting gas bans that have no impact on existing buildings.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Read the full Sagittarius Daily Horoscope Capricorn (December 21 - January 19)
Woke up on the right side of the bed?
—USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
Holland shared a close-up shot of a large bump on the right side of his forehead with a bloodied circle imprint on top from when the golf ball connected with his head.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The Curb Your Enthusiasm creator, 76, sported a bandage on the right side of his face as he was photographed on a dinner date with his wife, Ashley Underwood, at Giorgio Baldi in Los Angeles on Friday, April 26.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2024
And what can brands and businesses do to position themselves on the right side of history?
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
Here Are the Excruciating Symptoms Doctors Dismissed for 10 Years
Start on the right side of your abdomen, down by your pelvic bone.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 18 Apr. 2024
The case also shows how the crypto industry, built on technology that was originally designed to circumvent the global financial system, is still struggling to stay on the right side of law enforcement in countries around the world.
—Emily Flitter, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
But restaurants need to get on the right side of the climate issue, Monsour adds, and stop fighting gas bans that have no impact on existing buildings.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Read the full Sagittarius Daily Horoscope Capricorn (December 21 - January 19)
Woke up on the right side of the bed?
—USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
Holland shared a close-up shot of a large bump on the right side of his forehead with a bloodied circle imprint on top from when the golf ball connected with his head.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The Curb Your Enthusiasm creator, 76, sported a bandage on the right side of his face as he was photographed on a dinner date with his wife, Ashley Underwood, at Giorgio Baldi in Los Angeles on Friday, April 26.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2024
And what can brands and businesses do to position themselves on the right side of history?
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
Here Are the Excruciating Symptoms Doctors Dismissed for 10 Years
Start on the right side of your abdomen, down by your pelvic bone.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 18 Apr. 2024
The case also shows how the crypto industry, built on technology that was originally designed to circumvent the global financial system, is still struggling to stay on the right side of law enforcement in countries around the world.
—Emily Flitter, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
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“On the right side of (an age).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20right%20side%20of%20%28an%20age%29. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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