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
That knack for making music that sounds more like an irruption in the environment than an assemblage of instruments carries across the six sides of vinyl that comprise From the Toolkit of Lovers. — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026 The deal unraveled quickly, however, as both sides renewed attacks. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026 That’s forced likely right tackle Kahlil Benson to swap sides and thrust Jaylon Moore into action. — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026 The rise of mail-in balloting has added fuel to both sides of the argument, with supporters of voter ID saying proof of citizenship should be required before a ballot is sent or when someone registers to vote. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The two of us stand on opposite sides of the political divide — one a liberal, the other a conservative. — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026 The project brings together the human and emotional sides of infertility and pregnancy loss with the procedural and scientific ones. — Katherine Pukinskis, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026 With polls showing Jackson ahead but within the margin of error, both sides have sharpened their attacks. — Julia Terruso, Time, 26 Oct. 2026 Aerodynamic improvements mostly focus on trailer fronts and sides. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 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
  • Researchers often characterize addiction with six core aspects.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The pushing and lifting capabilities represent two distinct aspects of its manipulation performance.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of aspects
Noun
  • Yet that position, unpopular with factions in both parties, is also unpopular with some inside his deeply loyalist White House.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • When Washington in May designated Brazil’s two largest criminal factions, the First Capital Command and the Red Command, as terrorist organizations, Lula warned the labels could become a pretext for American intervention.
    — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of factions
Verb
  • The outlet groups the service under cosmetic tattooing, sometimes marketed as semi-permanent makeup.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
  • 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
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  • 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
  • One of the various angles of footage of the incident was taken from a home Ring camera.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Upstairs, the bold reds and sharp angles of Johnson’s suite contrasted with the cream and honey softness of his wife Eunice’s office.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of angles
Noun
  • An average of four recent polls puts the two camps at roughly 50 and 53 seats, respectively, leaving Arab parties and smaller factions potentially pivotal.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The campaign pursues voters from both parties who feel the cost of caring for a child or an aging parent is growing untenable.
    — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 21 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 27 Oct. 2026.

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