as in adjoined
to be adjacent to
the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line
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Recent Examples of flanked
In a speech on the subject on the Senate floor in August, the senator was flanked by a placard with images of hemp products in packages mimicking snacks such as Doritos and Oreos.
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Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
On the other juries, director Kibwe Tavares, whose The Kitchen closed the festival in 2023, will preside over the First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award), flanked by Zurich Film Festival head programmer Anja Fröhner and director Nadia Latif (The Man in my Basement).
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
The skill lines, season over season The most common (unique) lines one year ago featured Connor McDavid with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman, along with Leon Draisaitl flanked by wingers Vasily Podkolzin and Viktor Arvidsson.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
It is expected to feature gold chandeliers, coffered ceilings and an expansive floor space, flanked by Greek columns and massive arched windows.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Vance was flanked at the podium by White House budget director Russ Vought, who has spearheaded the effort by the administration to claw back $5 billion in foreign aid through a pocket rescission, a controversial tactic that hasn’t been attempted since the Carter administration.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
But as in most of his roles since The Departed and The Fighter, Wahlberg shows little charisma, particularly when he’s flanked by an actor with the irreverent verve of LaKeith Stanfield, who steals every scene without even breaking a sweat.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
The shoreline there is flanked by a maze of keys that separate the Bay of Santa Clara from the expanse of the Florida Straits.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
The lower 48 states were flanked to the west with wildfires and drought, and to the east with growing concerns about impacts from looming hurricanes and tropical storms.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
On the other juries, director Kibwe Tavares, whose The Kitchen closed the festival in 2023, will preside over the First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award), flanked by Zurich Film Festival head programmer Anja Fröhner and director Nadia Latif (The Man in my Basement).
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
The skill lines, season over season The most common (unique) lines one year ago featured Connor McDavid with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman, along with Leon Draisaitl flanked by wingers Vasily Podkolzin and Viktor Arvidsson.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
It is expected to feature gold chandeliers, coffered ceilings and an expansive floor space, flanked by Greek columns and massive arched windows.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Vance was flanked at the podium by White House budget director Russ Vought, who has spearheaded the effort by the administration to claw back $5 billion in foreign aid through a pocket rescission, a controversial tactic that hasn’t been attempted since the Carter administration.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
But as in most of his roles since The Departed and The Fighter, Wahlberg shows little charisma, particularly when he’s flanked by an actor with the irreverent verve of LaKeith Stanfield, who steals every scene without even breaking a sweat.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
The shoreline there is flanked by a maze of keys that separate the Bay of Santa Clara from the expanse of the Florida Straits.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
The lower 48 states were flanked to the west with wildfires and drought, and to the east with growing concerns about impacts from looming hurricanes and tropical storms.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flanked
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The new department will be located in what was previously Children's Wisconsin's emergency department, where the two hospitals are adjoined.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Flay lives in the Morris Adjmic–designed Sterling Mason, a condominium composed of a 1905 red brick warehouse adjoined with a newer, metallic mirror image.—
Keith Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Goad joined The Tennessean in 2016 as the business and entertainment editor and has been critical to the company’s digital growth, leading a dramatic expansion of music and entertainment coverage while elevating its enterprise business reporting.—
Nashville Tennessean,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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After injuring his left foot during fall camp, Wilson joined Vernell Brown III in the starting lineup, becoming the fourth pair of UF freshman pass catchers to start in a season.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The percentage indicates how much of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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By weaving Hartley's story into the narrative, Murphy explored the fear and paranoia that surrounded rural Wisconsin during the time of Gein’s actual crimes.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The top loft of the 1903 cast-iron Soho building hadn’t been touched in three decades.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
4 Oct. 2025
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Neve and Nala’s first encounter has touched so many hearts online, leading to more than 1,600 comments on the TikTok post so far.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Flanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flanked. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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