adjective
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having two sides or aspects
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controversial; debatable
a two-sided argument
Other Word Forms
- two-sidedness noun
Etymology
Origin of two-sided
Example Sentences
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Silver’s two-sided exposure has Wall Street issuing broad price targets for the metal over the coming months, with JPMorgan seeing an average of around $86 an ounce and upside potential of roughly $100 an ounce.
From Barron's
When confronted with new two-sided threats in the past, Treasurys have sometimes moved decisively one way, only to completely reverse.
But she also noted that Mastercard and Visa have “two-sided networks across billions of consumers and hundreds of millions of merchants” that confer major incumbency advantages.
From MarketWatch
“But it lacks a large-scale authenticated consumer network, consumer brand and the data flywheel that a two-sided network could provide.”
From MarketWatch
"Not a top performance but overall it's two-sided; acknowledge the defensive side of the game, but of course the offensive side needs to be better."
From Barron's
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