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as in flanks
a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line
will everyone who wants to sign up for volleyball please stand off to this side of the gym?
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as in aspects
a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded
examined the problem from all sides
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as in factions
a group of people acting together within a larger group
our side won, and the club will have a holiday party after all
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as in groups
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as in clothes
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Recent Examples of sides
Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
While the classic pairing elsewhere may be schnitzel with sides of potato and cucumber salads, Gutierrez likes to pair Spätlese with dishes such as oysters with melon granita and halibut with mussel reduction.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
Then, unzip the mattress on all three sides and start filling it with each layer.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 5 Oct. 2025
Line the bottom and sides of a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan crosswise with bacon, overlapping them slightly and cutting as needed to cover and hang over sides of pan.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
Neighboring India, which surrounds landlocked Nepal on three sides, has offered to help.
—CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
At the same time, both understand the tech and commercial sides and have a solid decade and a half of working together under their belts.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
There are sides good enough to anchor their own restaurants, like the chewy garlic-chive-and-tapioca dumplings, which are Elphaba green and served with a fiery hot soy-chile dipping sauce.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
The Philadelphia Eagles have gotten off to a hot start on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball thus far in 2025, which has been the biggest reason for the team's 3-0 start to the year.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
Those two near-perfect sides just kept on winning every week.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
While the classic pairing elsewhere may be schnitzel with sides of potato and cucumber salads, Gutierrez likes to pair Spätlese with dishes such as oysters with melon granita and halibut with mussel reduction.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
Then, unzip the mattress on all three sides and start filling it with each layer.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 5 Oct. 2025
Line the bottom and sides of a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan crosswise with bacon, overlapping them slightly and cutting as needed to cover and hang over sides of pan.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
Neighboring India, which surrounds landlocked Nepal on three sides, has offered to help.
—CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
At the same time, both understand the tech and commercial sides and have a solid decade and a half of working together under their belts.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
There are sides good enough to anchor their own restaurants, like the chewy garlic-chive-and-tapioca dumplings, which are Elphaba green and served with a fiery hot soy-chile dipping sauce.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
The Philadelphia Eagles have gotten off to a hot start on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball thus far in 2025, which has been the biggest reason for the team's 3-0 start to the year.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sides
Noun
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Flatbush Avenue cuts askew between the unaligned street grids at its flanks (Fort Greene on one side, Boerum Hill on the other), creating a chain of triangular blocks and architectural opportunities.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
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That's largely due to its multi-tone foil wrap and Terranger branding but also owes to the grippy BFGoodrich all-terrain tires clung to 17-in black off-road wheels, slim rock sliders underpinning the colorful flanks and Lazer auxiliary lights embedded in the grille.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In fact, while vision isn’t their strongest sense, dogs may even be able to see certain aspects of a TV show.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
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This division of labor reportedly reduces one of the most physically demanding aspects of solar farm construction.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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However, the group said other elements required broader agreement among Palestinian factions.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Despite outward shows of unity, Cuba’s Communist Party is riven with factions that are frequently reported to be at odds.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The land changed hands as developers pitched grand ideas to no avail.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Switzerland, like Germany, built its 20th-century industrial economy on training and valuing all types of workers—those that work with their hands and those that work at a desk.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Coppola, of course, covers all the angles on this one.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Commanders made the task even more difficult for themselves at times with bad angles.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An ally of Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, Babis has teamed up with a number of far-right parties in the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament to challenge the mainstream direction of Europe’s policies, including decarbonisation.—
Reuters 3 hr ago,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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There are no easy fixes, so figuring out how to cushion the harsh impact will be the basis of negotiations with other parties in the Japanese legislature, the Diet.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Most processes scale up gradually through multiple pilot phases before reaching commercial scale.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Coordinating your exhales with the pressing, depressing, pulling and lifting phases of these exercises enhances activation of the scapular stabilizing muscles and reinforces proper rib cage alignment.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The bird had blue feathers on its back and tail and white spots on its wings, similar to a blue jay.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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On my table balances a Sculpey clay figurine of the Egyptian deity Ptah mashed with Unicron, whose wings serve the dual purpose of cape and sculpture brace.—
Lana Lin
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Sides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sides. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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