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as in tilted
inclined or twisted to one side
gave the eavesdropper an oblique glance out of the corner of her eye
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as in sloping
running in a slanting direction
in the painting the artist repeats the oblique line of the path with the oblique line of the outstretched arm
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Recent Examples of oblique
Song missed the majority of spring training with an oblique strain.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The 76ers played without Joel Embiid, who was ruled out with right oblique injury maintenance/illness in the second half of a back-to-back.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Austin Reaves has a Grade 2 oblique muscle injury that will force him to miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers' regular season along with Luka Doncic, the team announced Saturday.
—CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
The Lakers will be without Austin Reaves for the rest of the regular season after the guard sustained a left oblique muscle injury, ESPN first reported Saturday.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2026
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The 76ers played without Joel Embiid, who was ruled out with right oblique injury maintenance/illness in the second half of a back-to-back.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Austin Reaves has a Grade 2 oblique muscle injury that will force him to miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers' regular season along with Luka Doncic, the team announced Saturday.
—CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
The Lakers will be without Austin Reaves for the rest of the regular season after the guard sustained a left oblique muscle injury, ESPN first reported Saturday.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblique
Adjective
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The Escalade also offers a large head up display and a tilted control panel to provide quick access to climate and other functions.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
24 Feb. 2026
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Naturally, Uranus' tilted rotation has a part to play in how auroral activity manifests on the planet.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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As part of his new collection for the brand, Arnold unveiled a new shape—a slightly sloping, almost smile-like pleat that’s simultaneously nonchalant and fully sophisticated.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
13 Feb. 2026
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Their test setup involved a ramp containing sand to simulate sloping dunes on Mars.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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Accessibility Due to Lupaia’s location on a steep hilltop with gravel pathways and naturally uneven grounds at various levels, this resort is not wheelchair accessible.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
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The truth is that the track record for Olympic host cities is pretty uneven.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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According to WebMD, the oblique muscles are broad, diagonal abdominal muscles located on the sides of the torso (internal and external) that enable trunk rotation, side-bending, and core stability.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Cut the dough crosswise and on the diagonal into 3 1/2-inch long strips.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
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Debuting them in a brief, awkward first flight, like a firework that shoots crooked after being in storage too long.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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Tolkan also played Napoleon and his look-alike in Woody Allen’s Love and Death (1975) and was the crooked accountant known as Numbers who works for Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) in Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy (1990).—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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His sloped shoulders suggested bodily power that was sleepy and sly; his large head and dark, badly cut hair amplified the weight and solidity of him, but his lips were sensitive and a little slack, as if yearning for something he’d been long deprived of.—
Mary Gaitskill,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
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The sloped, landscaped half-acre lot offers a terrace and a two-car garage.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Oblique.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblique. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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