courtside

noun

court·​side ˈkȯrt-ˌsīd How to pronounce courtside (audio)
: the area at the edge of a court (as for tennis or basketball)

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Kuminga briefly sat down in a courtside chair on the baseline before getting up and walking to the free throw line. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026 Turns out, Reaves' camp thought these words were exactly coming from James, witness the brief courtside meeting between Reggie Berry, one of Reaves' agents, and Paul during a Lakers game earlier this week. Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2026 Unrivaled spent its first season doing things differently, and a big part of that was the social media specialists creating content courtside with Samsung Galaxy phones. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 16 Jan. 2026 After the game, Black rewatched his highlight reel dunk with content creator Mark Phillips courtside. Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for courtside

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of courtside was in 1969

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“Courtside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtside. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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