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siding

[sahy-ding] / ˈsaɪ dɪŋ /
NOUN
outside finish
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But in siding with those officials, Schiltz saw an ulterior motive.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2026

District Judge Troy Nunley issued a preliminary injunction on Friday that blocks the companies from integrating their operations, siding with DirecTV and a coalition of eight states that sued to stop the deal.

From Barron's Apr. 18, 2026

The judge dismissed the lawsuit, siding with the district’s argument that students shouldn’t be able to sue based on what they are taught in class.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2026

On Wednesday, Andrew Coady, Declan’s father, stood on the front porch of the family’s home—dark-gray siding and stone on a quiet cul-de-sac—and spoke mostly of the pride.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

Like all Confederate sympathizers, Booth views the Tennessee politician as a turncoat for siding with the Union and Lincoln.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

"There were railway sidings not far from where we lived at the time, so it's difficult to draw any other conclusions really, because once she'd stopped the eating, she got better."

From BBC Mar. 12, 2025

The train was travelling at a low speed in a sidings at Ramsgate railway maintenance depot on Thursday night when it left the tracks, according to Network Rail.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2024

For example, apply matte or low-luster paint to fiber cement or other composite sidings, Viggiano says, or it may end up with a plastic-like appearance.

From Seattle Times Oct. 14, 2021

Short of building new lines, it would seem useful, perhaps with federal funding, for companies to add more passing sidings on single-track lines and provide two-way running on all existing double-track lines.

From Washington Post Jul. 1, 2021

Cultivation stopped halfway, the fruit rotted on the trees and the hundred-twenty-car trains remained on the sidings.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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