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lateral

[lat-er-uhl] / ˈlæt ər əl /
ADJECTIVE
of, at, from, or to a side
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Jefferson threw a lateral to senior wide receiver Gavin Lorge, who threw it back to Jefferson.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The firm said it has added more than 50 lateral partners since the start of 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

They showed significant deterioration in several measures, including elevator and aileron control, landing accuracy and vertical and lateral deviation on approach.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Much more recent work has placed the lateral septum at the center of a neural connectivity network.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

These flows did not reach as far away from the mountain as the earlier lateral blast, which had already killed almost everything living in the area of Pumice Plain.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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