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triangle 1: 1 equilateral, 2 acute, 3 obtuse, 4 scalene, 5 isosceles, 6 right triangle
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But Kevin Smith also managed a somewhat nuanced exploration of friendship and art, as well as of contemporary romantic standards in his rejiggering of the love triangle. — Vogue, "The 55 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time," 1 Feb. 2019 The Favorite, director Yorgos Lanthimos’s dark, comic depiction of a love triangle involving Queen Anne, and Mary Poppins Returns. — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, "How the Costumes in The Favourite Help Tell the Story of Queen Anne," 21 Nov. 2018 Each drawing sits at the apex of a triangle composed of rabbit fur and photo scans of the skins, all of which questions hierarchies of representation and histories of invasiveness, including our own. — Gayle Clemans, The Seattle Times, "‘The Veil’ exhibition at Bridge Productions spans ideas of what’s seen and unseen," 7 Aug. 2018 When the gay community was facing the AIDS crisis, a group of artists reappropriated the symbol of the pink triangle that the Nazi regime had forced gay people to wear. — Sonia K. Katyal, BostonGlobe.com, "The sudden rush of vulgar trademarks," 23 June 2018 Place 1 wiener on shortest side of each triangle; roll up to opposite point. — Cassie Armstrong, OrlandoSentinel.com, "National Pigs in a Blanket Day: How to celebrate in Central Florida," 24 Apr. 2018 Use your ruler to measure one half inch from the apex of the triangle. — Megan Arnett, Scientific American, "Just Keep Spinning--Find the Best Pinwheel Design!," 29 Mar. 2018 Kate's character traded in dreary Seattle, and an overwhelming drama from a love triangle, for sunny Los Angeles to star on Private Practice—a Grey's spin-off that was created by show runner Shonda Rhimes and ran from 2007 to 2013 on ABC. — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, "Patrick Dempsey Left The Cutest Comment on Kate Walsh's Instagram and 'Grey's Anatomy' Fans Are Freaking Out," 29 Jan. 2019 Imagine triangles spinning around a shower curtain rod inside a beer keg—that is an elemental description of the screaming Wankel rotary engine. — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, "The Rhombus Rotary Engine: Can a Quirky New Design Top the Famous Wankel?," 18 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'triangle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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