in the right side vs on the right side

Both phrases 'in the right side' and 'on the right side' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'On the right side' is the more commonly used phrase. It is used to indicate the location of something relative to the right side of an object or space. 'In the right side' is less commonly used and it is sometimes used to describe being inside or within the right side of something.

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in the right side

This phrase is correct, but it is less commonly used.

This phrase is used to describe being inside or within the right side of something.

Examples:

The key is in the right side of the drawer.
There is a hidden compartment in the right side of the bookshelf.

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The first injection was given in the muscles of the left side of the neck, the second injection was given 48 hours later in the right side of the neck.
And we've been told that the three of you approached Talal Assaad and at the time, Russell Townsend punched him in the right side of the face, knocking him to the ground.
He can still talk, and he's left-handed, which means speech is in the right side.
Complained of great pain in the right side of his chest to the shoulder when admitted.
Wounded in the chest, in the right side, on September 26th, 1944.
In very short, people who have more activity in the right side of the prefrontal cortex are more depressed, withdrawn. They don't describe a lot of positive affect.
There's a knife on the breadboard with butter on the right side of the blade because he used it with his left. It's highly unlikely that a left-handed man would shoot himself in the right side of his head.
You'll find my prints in the right-side door.
Place all the classes you want to generate code for in the right hand side list.
They may also provide for a second digit from the list in column B of that table to be entered in the right-hand side of the box.
He was in a booth on the right side of the room.
Shot in the chest, right side.
I would look at any of the keys in the containers on his right side, over here.
You can encode the number 32 in the right-hand side of a DNA origami, and when you add those tiles that count, they will start to count - they will read that 32 and they'll stop at 32.
"Prosperity" painted right in the side.
Some Member States opted to introduce measures/schemes for the fitting of additional mirrors in order to reduce the blind spots to the driver's vision, in particular the right passenger side (left for the UK) of the vehicle.
my dad... is in that building on the right side... top floor, he's the president.
A client left a bag full of cash in a dumpster in the lower east side right after the SUV got turned into a panini.
It provides the right side sideways and right frequency...
On the right side, my retina is perfectly symmetrical.

Alternatives:

inside the right side
within the right side

on the right side

This phrase is correct and commonly used.

This phrase is used to indicate the location of something relative to the right side of an object or space.