sides 1 of 2

noun

plural of side
1
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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2
as in aspects
a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded examined the problem from all sides

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3
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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sides

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of side
1
as in groups

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as in clothes

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Recent Examples of sides
Noun
Oil is big over there, and the two sides are targeting fuel operations, trying to destroy the war-making ability of the other. — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026 Still, after months of often contentious dialogue with government officials, local producers are grateful that both sides have found a way through the impasse. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Amid growing pressure on the EU to rebalance trade with China, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič said Friday that the two sides had reached an interim deal that could halve Chinese hybrid vehicle exports to the bloc. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Fringe can be worn in many ways, from short blunt sides to wispy layers. — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026 Remove pan from heat and push stuffing to sides to create wells for chicken to rest in. — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026 Raman has also switched sides on some less incendiary topics. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 The star of the menu is the seafood, freshly caught and grilled with Aegean lemon and a choice of glaze and sides. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 The local administrative official reporter spoke to said the ELN controls both sides of the Colombia-Venezuela border and demands money for everything that transits through the area, not just drugs. — Nathan Jaccard, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sides
  1. flanks
  2. aspects
  3. factions
  4. groups
  5. skins
  6. angles
  7. parties
  8. clubs
Noun
  • Ahead, black dots move in formation like ants as Everest’s imposing upper flanks loom above them.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The gates blocking it, and the security checkpoints along its flanks, will dramatically limit the public’s desire to enter, and change the tenor and experience of a space that should feel porous and inclusive.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of flanks
Noun
  • While many of the more contentious and controversial aspects of his life are presented in one-sided fashion, friend and former manager Rory Holloway’s still-raw sense of betrayal at Tyson firing his entire team is evoked with vivid irritation.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
  • For Irvin, one of the most troubling aspects of the shooting is that an altercation between children allegedly prompted an adult to resort to gun violence.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of aspects
Noun
  • There’s also a twitchy paranoia at play, since Ethan and Ivy, as outsiders, inevitably spark a turf war as various warring factions try to figure out who is killing their men.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The move was expected after Palestinian factions across the political spectrum met in Cairo for discussions on delaying the vote, Islamic Jihad deputy secretary-general Mohammed al-Hindi told the Associated Press earlier this week.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of factions
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  • Because humans can readily resolve patterns in motion — when points move in the same direction, the brain groups them into a unified whole — the moving dots appear as faint letters.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of groups
Verb
  • Onion skins to add nutrients to soil, either through compost heap or by placing scraps directly in the dirt.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 7 July 2026
  • Sanders, along with two of his daughters, skins the fish straightaway.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Definition of skins
Noun
  • Game-watchers have access to Hawk-Eye camera angles from each end of the ice, along with a full-rink view from high above and the ability to isolate on a single player.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Everything is a little bit more rivets and angles, a little bit less wide expanse.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of angles
Noun
  • Talarico outlined ways both parties could come together to find solutions.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Their presence has fueled social tensions in Ceuta and become a political issue across Spain, where opposition parties hope to use migration concerns to unseat the progressive government in next month's elections.
    — JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of parties
Verb
  • That advantage was in large part offset by payments from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’, a mechanism which awards clubs money based upon their coefficient ranking (determined by past performance in European competition) and the size of their nation’s broadcast rights deal for the competition.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 30 May 2026
  • Their top-30 visits, where NFL clubs host prospects at their facilities to gather further intel, are often smokescreens.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of clubs

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“Sides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sides. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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