sideways

Example Sentences

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The near-term outlook remains mixed, with a sideways to mildly bearish bias, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Since then, the reference price of the SpaceX contract has mostly been chopping sideways.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

At the same time, it may also have allowed gases and fluids to escape sideways, reducing pressure within the magma and preventing it from erupting.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Condos, like other properties, shot up in value earlier in the pandemic but have been moving sideways in L.A. for the last two years, with the median price meandering around $700,000 for a two-bedroom condominium.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

The plan then called for a mammoth floating crane, as tall as one of England’s largest cathedrals, to hook into the framework and raise it upward and sideways to a position directly above the cradle.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler