as in side
of, relating to, or located on one side from the lateral view you can see how thick the wall really is

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Recent Examples of lateral The eye test frets about Skinner’s lateral movement on shots that arrive after a cross-ice pass. Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 In the attack at hand, the breakout time—meaning the time span from the moment of initial access to lateral movement inside the network—was just 48 minutes. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025 By using this privilege escalation to provide admin access, the attackers can then steal credential information to be used for lateral movement and ultimate domain environment control. Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 Unfortunately, one of them was a forward lateral late in the first half after Nix had rushed for 27 yards. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lateral

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“Lateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lateral. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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