as in incline
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
the next stretch of the trail had a gentle slope which made it easier to climb
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as in to tilt
to set or cause to be at an angle
they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street
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Recent Examples of slope
Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The last giant sequoias are in about 73 groves scattered over 48,000 acres along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
And even though it was combined with regular economy, the cabin felt spacious with ample elbow room in my row and large overhead bins that sloped up, creating the effect of an airy ceiling.
—Jessica Puckett, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Dozens more covered the slope, doubled over with their buds dangling, about to burst.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The last giant sequoias are in about 73 groves scattered over 48,000 acres along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
Chaos erupted as people on board had to scramble onto the sloping deck.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
And even though it was combined with regular economy, the cabin felt spacious with ample elbow room in my row and large overhead bins that sloped up, creating the effect of an airy ceiling.
—Jessica Puckett, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slope
Noun
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So instead of just doing the traditional dumbbell chest press in all your push workouts, for example, switch it up with other variations, like the incline press or the decline press.—
SELF,
SELF,
23 Sep. 2025
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The rain that falls on them soaks into the surface and flows down the incline to dribble out along the lower edge, where it is captured and carefully measured for its chemical and biological content.—
Chris Impey,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Lifting the controller and swinging it swiftly down hammers steel at Atsu’s family forge, gently pulling the trigger urges a campfire’s tendrils higher, while tilting it this way and that lowers mushrooms further into that fire for cooking.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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The plan — which may face legal challenges — preserves H-1B visas as a last resort in fields where talent is scarce, but tilts the playing field toward American workers, answering critics in and out of MAGA who complain that companies are addicted to hiring cheaper foreign workers.—
Patricia Lopez,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Redford also shared that despite his inclination to public service, his ambitions were not political.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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After launch, the craft was placed into a polar orbit roughly 230 to 236 miles (370 to 380 kilometers) in altitude at an inclination of roughly 97 degrees.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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The other starter in the secondary is safety Dwayne McDougle (26), who may be angling for a single digit after his 35-yard fumble return for a TD.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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Here are some literary takeaways from all the indies angling for distribution deals this autumn.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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By using the same approach, researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) recently created multi-material, multi-responsive and multi-shape memory polymer (SMP) gradient metamaterials.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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Those stronger gradients boost efficiency and grounds osmotic generation in existing systems rather than the lab.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Frequent worshippers also lean heavily toward the GOP, with 62 percent of Americans who attend religious services monthly or more aligning with Republicans, according to Pew Research.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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According to Axios Denver, 60 percent of those unaffiliated voters lean to the left, while the rest lean toward Republicans.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Slope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slope. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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