siding (with)

verb

Definition of siding (with)next
present participle of side (with)
as in propping (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for siding (with)
  1. assisting
  2. aiding
  3. adopting
  4. abetting
Verb
  • Gens-Ustjanauskas went on to help thousands of immigrants navigate complex immigration systems, assisting USCIS and other federal agencies, the Gens Family Project said.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Video obtained by the Daily News shows police assisting EMS in lifting the wounded detective off the street, where blood can be seen pooling along the curb, and onto a gurney.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of assisting
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  • The facility — slated to be 110,000,000 square feet — will be where Tesla, SpaceX and xAI, which SpaceX acquired ahead of the IPO, manufacture chips for computing, aiding both SpaceX and Tesla.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
  • For the latter, this is vital to enable the safe passage of ships through shipping lanes, into and out of ports, all the while preventing collisions and aiding activities like search and rescue.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of aiding
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  • Mars then solved the issue by adopting a last name that has no cultural background.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Much of coaching football is taking ideas from your predecessors and adopting them as your own with a personal twist.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of adopting
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  • Cease fire; stop genocide; end investments abetting settler colonialism.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • With the goal of smuggling themselves to Turkey, the women are eventually found out for keeping a secret or two from the conspirators abetting their plan.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of abetting
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“Siding (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siding%20%28with%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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