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on the side

ADJECTIVE
additional
Synonyms
STRONGEST
added further increased new other supplementary
WEAK
affixed appended more option over and above padding perk spare
Antonyms
WEAK
necessary
ADJECTIVE
next
Synonyms
STRONGEST
later
WEAK
abutting adjacent adjoining after alongside attached back-to-back beside close closest coming consequent coterminous ensuing following hard by meeting nearest neighboring proximate side-by-side subsequent succeeding touching
Antonyms
WEAK
earlier preceding previous
ADVERB
besides
Synonyms
STRONG
also as well in addition likewise too
WEAK
added to additionally along with and all apart from as well as aside from beyond conjointly else exceeding exclusive of extra further furthermore in conjunction with in distinction to in excess of in other respects more more than moreover not counting on top of everything other than otherwise plus secondly supplementary to to boot together with what's more with the exception of yet

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Prosecutors said the 40 -year-old did this while off duty and on sick days to earn cash on the side of his day job.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“The facts are simply not on the side of those eager to bank the table for an imminent cut,” he said in an email.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

He says there used to be a feeling inside professional football that doing anything else on the side was a "distraction".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

But PABS, the heartbeat of the treaty, was left on the side in order to get the bulk of the deal over the line.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Now Naano is making chutney to go with them, with some of the mint Mama planted on the side of the house.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan