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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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as in aspect
a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded
examined the problem from all sides
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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
PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
This striking contrast highlights the rain shadow effect, where a region on the side of a mountain range is protected from the prevailing winds.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Jakob Roze, Health, 17 Dec. 2024
In each area like Vatican City, one mission begets another, and then another, as unlocking the map and gaining money to purchases tourist pamphlets opens even more to do, with dozens of relics, books, and junk to collect as side quests.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Later that month, Fort Worth City Attorney Leann Guzman wrote Paxton asking him to side in favor of a vote.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Both the top and the bottom are textured with two lengthwise grooves that make the P21 easy to grip, and the two long sides are gently curved.
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Side Plank The side plank exercise strengthens your obliques (side abdominal muscles) and other core stabilizer muscles, which help maintain a balanced and upright posture.10 Here's how to do a side plank:
Lay on your side with your legs stacked on top of each other.
—Verb
And the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT finished in the top three World Performance Car category along side the BMW M5 and the Porsche 911 Carrera GTS.
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Doku is a unique player in an unusual situation; a tireless, free spirit striving to find escape routes down the flanks in a heavily structured and — this season, at least — easily frustrateable side.—
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To accommodate neighbors; desire for a xx-foot setback, Shulman’s design shaves off the tower’s north flank.—
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The Cost Of Sleep Deprivation In The Workplace When employees are chronically sleep-deprived, every aspect of organizational performance suffers: morale, communication, focus, creativity, and long-term retention.—
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The next step in Eagleman’s argument is that there are too many channels in a human-to-human relationship for an A.I., or eventually a robot, to emulate—such as smell, touch, social interactions with friends and family—and that these aspects are hardwired into our natures.—
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Swing vote & divided commission A large focus of Lago’s campaign has been on those controversial split votes, which have come to define the two dueling factions of the Coral Gables City Commission.—
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And if his readership remained informed on his doings, the prince and his supporters didn’t succeed in silencing him and the rest of the rebellious faction.—
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Segment networks and isolate critical systems to limit lateral movement.—
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Like Salt Typhoon, this group is highly proficient in cloud exploitation, using lateral movement techniques to transition from on-premises to cloud environments, maintain persistence and rapidly exfiltrate data.—
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That would be Aaron Judge, who clubbed three home runs against Milwaukee in the Yankees’ 20-9 victory, which saw the team leave the yard nine total times, a new franchise record.—
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The barrage marked the first time in franchise history that the Yankees clubbed back-to-back-to-back homers to start a game.—
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There are many ways to skin this particular cat, mind you.—
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But in our solar system, there’s more than one way to skin a planet.—
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One lesson from the anti-CAA protests is that change doesn’t always start at the top.—
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Climb to the top of the lookout tower for bird’s-eye views of the historic district, and learn the town’s history at the hands-on cultural interpretive museum.—
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Low intervention, low manipulation and a light hand of the winemaker.—
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Lisa led the way, phone in hand, through several small streets and out onto a wide boulevard, crowded even as shops were closing.—
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“Side.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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