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Recent Examples of laterally
On the product front, the brand has deepened its footprint in skin care and broadened laterally into makeup hybrids.
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Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Ayers recommends transparency about internal mobility, including career progression upward, plus how to leverage transferable skills and move laterally to broaden experience and growth opportunities.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Gently remove the plant from its pot and loosen the roots, spreading them laterally.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Tennis, with its explosive bursts—sprinting to the ball, stopping, lunging laterally, jogging backwards to the baseline—can yield especially powerful results.
—Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
This structure is built on three centre-backs at the base, with wing-backs stretching the pitch laterally and vertically, dual No 10s supporting a lone striker and two midfield pivots tasked with holding it all together.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
However, if the knees are widened laterally for squatting, the angle of the tendons changes, and the hip flexion torque is switched to be supported by the rubber band.
—Payal Dhar, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2021
Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Ayers recommends transparency about internal mobility, including career progression upward, plus how to leverage transferable skills and move laterally to broaden experience and growth opportunities.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Gently remove the plant from its pot and loosen the roots, spreading them laterally.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Tennis, with its explosive bursts—sprinting to the ball, stopping, lunging laterally, jogging backwards to the baseline—can yield especially powerful results.
—Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
This structure is built on three centre-backs at the base, with wing-backs stretching the pitch laterally and vertically, dual No 10s supporting a lone striker and two midfield pivots tasked with holding it all together.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
However, if the knees are widened laterally for squatting, the angle of the tendons changes, and the hip flexion torque is switched to be supported by the rubber band.
—Payal Dhar, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laterally
Adverb
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The stewards concluded Gutierrez guided his horse at least four paths to the outside causing another horse to go sideward.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Oct. 2019
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Models in luxury snake boots and sparkling disco heels suddenly appeared and — forgoing the dry catwalk strip — darted sideward to walk straight across the water.—
THOMAS ADAMSON,
The Seattle Times,
25 Sep. 2018
Adverb
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Sep. 2025
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What surprised many on Wall Street was how much Google appears to benefit indirectly from the rapid progress of its rivals.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Laterally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laterally. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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