flip side

noun

variants or less commonly flipside

ˈflip-ˌsīd

plural flip sides also flipsides

: the reverse side of a phonograph record

[Taylor] Swift has an exclusive 7-inch single of "The Lakes" … On the flip side: "The Lakes (original version)," an orchestral take on the song not previously available on vinyl.—

Mike Snider

also : a song presented on the flip side of a record

The flip side of The Stone Poneys' "Different Drum" was the Pamela Polland composition "I've Got to Know." —

Warren Kurtz

: a reverse or opposite side, aspect, or result

The flipside of the disquieting inflation news is good news on the state of the economy …—

Paul Wiseman

Sixteen City Council members are stepping down, which means fresh faces and new ideas—but on the flip side, a huge loss of institutional knowledge about the basics of how the city operates …—

The Chicago Sun-Times

Examples of flip side in a Sentence

That song was on the flip side of their first single. Loss of privacy is the flip side of fame.

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On the flip side, is there anything that an IRO does not get in their job that somebody taking a more traditional path to CFO would do? —

Megan Poinski, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 On the flip side, international sellers could benefit if, as happened in 2016, the value of the U.S. dollar dips in the wake of a Trump victory. —

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024 On the flip side, this card doesn’t earn any rewards. —

Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024 On the flip side, Trump and his surrogates have hammered home that a rigged and broken system is the result of the collusion between the mainstream media and elites. —

Chris Jackson, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flip side