onside
adverb or adjective
on·side
ˈȯn-ˈsīd 
ˈän-
: not offside : in a position legally to play or receive the ball or puck
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Experts say Rodríguez must keep the regime’s two most powerful hardliners onside: Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Put plainly: the group Trump has fought hard to get onside is the group most impatient for the truth.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
The Browns then kicked onside after the safety and recovered.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
As Denver lined up to spike the ball after the completion, a New York defender couldn’t get onside in time, giving the Broncos 5 more yards.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Put plainly: the group Trump has fought hard to get onside is the group most impatient for the truth.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
The Browns then kicked onside after the safety and recovered.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
As Denver lined up to spike the ball after the completion, a New York defender couldn’t get onside in time, giving the Broncos 5 more yards.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for onside
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“Onside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onside. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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