laterally
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“Growth and development doesn’t just mean a promotion—you also can expand and grow and develop laterally, and maybe in a different function area,” Anas said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The proportion of attacking phases in which the ball is moved 20 metres laterally from the previous breakdown has nearly doubled.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
Unlike universal injunctions, which are top-down blocks, collateral estoppel works laterally — one court at a time, but each building on the last.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025
The ceratioids then developed features such as larger jaws, smaller eyes and laterally compressed bodies -- adaptations tailored to life in an environment with limited food and no sunlight.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024
I walked to the middle of the cord and pulled it laterally.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
