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as in flank
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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2
as in aspect
a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded
examined the problem from all sides
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3
as in faction
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 to club
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as in to skin
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Recent Examples of side
Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
This construction also helps to keep the down even throughout, which avoids any clumping on any specific side.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Shift your weight into your left hand and slowly lift into Side Plank by stacking your shoulders and your hips and reaching your right arm toward the ceiling, which requires you to work the obliques (side abdominal muscles).
—Amber Sayer, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025
Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2025
Lifetime Home Remodeling offers services including window and door replacements, siding installation, and bathroom renovations.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
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Noun
Miceli fired two shots, and one bullet hit the SUV’s front passenger side panel, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
This construction also helps to keep the down even throughout, which avoids any clumping on any specific side.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
Adjective
In many ways, Chrono Trigger feels like the prelude to what games like The Witcher 3 would achieve decades later, the spark that made RPG developers think far more closely about how side content in a game can still inform the larger whole.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Shift your weight into your left hand and slowly lift into Side Plank by stacking your shoulders and your hips and reaching your right arm toward the ceiling, which requires you to work the obliques (side abdominal muscles).
—Amber Sayer, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
Some growers place the seed pointy side down, others lay it flat.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2025
Lifetime Home Remodeling offers services including window and door replacements, siding installation, and bathroom renovations.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for side
Noun
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Despite these provisions, which were largely a win for the party’s right flank, their moderate counterparts still lined up to support the bill.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
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Parts of the plan were to split Russia's Western Military District—close to NATO's eastern flank—into two districts, Moscow and Leningrad, and to grow the size of the military.—
Ellie Cook — reporting from Rovajärvi, northern Finland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Flock has been broadening its product offering for police to include drones, gunshot detection and a new software suite called Nova, which draws in information from police databases to make connections between suspects, properties or any other notable aspect of an investigation.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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There is also a Passport to the Universe space show, narrated by Tom Hanks and screening through June 5, which takes viewers through a black hole and other incredible aspects of our universe.—
Jessica Rendall,
Space.com,
4 June 2025
Noun
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One new element of the Bears’ situation is how the Chicago faction in the legislature is openly working against the team’s move to the suburbs.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The bill narrowly passed the House last month after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) struck a fragile compromise with different factions of his conference.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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Understand your role and your altitude within the company/firm, and tap into lateral positions within other companies to understand AI requirements on the job.—
Lorick Jain,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Once a goalie drops into butterfly, his lateral mobility is compromised, so holding one’s feet as long as possible is always an advantage.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Valdez fired the game’s first pitch at 7:12 p.m. Tampa Bay Rays leadoff man Jose Caballero clubbed the second into the Crawford Boxes for a solo home run.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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Witt clubbed a 442-foot home run off Casey Mize in the first inning with the ball landing in the water in left-center field.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2025
Verb
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As its formula guards skin against damaging UV rays, a hydrating combination of hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and ectoin plump, smooth, and calm redness and irritation.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
3 Apr. 2025
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The formula is a gel-cream that hydrates skin with such ingredients as collagen-boosting copper peptides, smoothing saccharide isomerate, moisture-retaining sodium PCA, and calming zinc oxide.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Nate Lewis had four hits and three RBIs, including the tiebreaker in the top of the ninth. Crespi 4, Mater Dei 3: Mikey Martinez hit a three-run home run and Jackson Eisenhauer threw two hits of shutout relief with four strikeouts.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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The rubber dots and grips on the top and bottom of the stool provide extra stability, giving me peace of mind.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
4 June 2025
Noun
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The catastrophic loss of life at the hands of a single bacterium during the 14th century remains one of human history’s most devastating events.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
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Opposing defenses would have their hands full trying to defend against the explosiveness of Edwards and the size and scoring ability of Durant.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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“Side.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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