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noun

ˈflaŋk How to pronounce flank (audio)
Definition of flanknext
as in side
a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line painted the name of the ship along its flank

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flank

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verb

as in to join
to be adjacent to the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line

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Recent Examples of flank
Noun
Democrats are seeing signs of growing energy on the grassroots level, raising questions about the possibility of a Tea Party-style movement from the party’s progressive flank. — Julia Manchester, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025 William, 42, sported the camouflage fatigues reflective of his role as Colonel-in-Chief of the Merican Regiment, an Army unit involved there, to hear about how the soldiers are securing NATO's eastern flank as part of Operation Cabrit. — Janine Henni, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
One video from the event, verified by Reuters, showed a band playing on stage flanked by two flares, the white sparks of which set the ceiling alight. — Fatos Bytyci and Aleksandar Vasovic, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025 The park also connects to the downtown canal walk, one of our favorite walking paths in the city — a unique manmade canal flanked with museums, pocket parks and apartments. — Arika Herron, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flank
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flank
  1. side
  2. join
  3. adjoin
  4. touch
  5. surround
  6. neighbor
Noun
  • This April 3, 2025, photo taken at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, shows fragments of the Japanese Zero fighter that a kamikaze pilot flew into the side of the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa on April 11, 1945.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The Jersey City Police Department is taking the lead on the investigation since the helicopter crashed on the Jersey City side of the river, Fulop told WABC on Thursday.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of side
Verb
  • Wilder yelled at Seacrest before jumping into the driver's seat, honking the horn, and high-fiving his wife, Katie, who joined him on stage.
    — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Over 7,000 fans joined a Facebook group called Save the Neighborhood Theatre to keep the venue open.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of join
Verb
  • From today it can be found in the room adjoining Mark Rothko’s iconic Seagram Murals, enabling the public to see two of America’s greatest modern painters in dialogue with each other.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Plans called for a tent city adjoining that migrant facility to be built that could house the numbers mentioned by Trump and other senior administration officials.
    — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of adjoin
Verb
  • The business mails copies of historical documents — attempting to replicate the real documents’ look, touch and feel — and a context page to subscribers, once per month.
    — Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Poyet was expecting to have some dinner in the studio during the first half, but then noticed the programme’s host, Mark Chapman, touching his earpiece and looking at him.
    — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of touch
Verb
  • As Obama explained to Bush, the rumors surrounding her decision to simply bow out of some aspects of public life proves how many expectations women still carry on their shoulders.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Rocketbook’s sticky notes are also more beneficial to people who are more likely to look at an app on their phone than a bunch of papers surrounding them.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of surround
Verb
  • Merrimac will neighbor the WestBend mixed-use development, which has plans to expand.
    — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In neighboring Arkansas, a tornado near Blytheville lofted debris at least 25,000 feet, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Chelly Amin.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of neighbor

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“Flank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flank. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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