1
as in side
a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded
from this angle, that car looks gray, not brown
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2
as in perspective
a way of looking at or thinking about something
what's your angle on the problem?
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3
as in curvature
something that curves or is curved
the road around the peninsula is all angles and hairpin turns
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as in to slope
to set or cause to be at an angle
angle the camera this way and the Leaning Tower of Pisa will look straight
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Recent Examples of angle
Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
As a Texas filmmaker, Lowery, who grew up in Irving and lives in Dallas, said the Fort Worth angle of Tucker’s story was appealing to him.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Instead, angle your face slightly to one side.
—Christine Buzan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Laurence des Cars told senators Wednesday that the eastern balcony of the Apollo Gallery, where robbers broke into the building on Sunday using an angle grinder, was not covered by the museum’s aging camera system.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
As a Texas filmmaker, Lowery, who grew up in Irving and lives in Dallas, said the Fort Worth angle of Tucker’s story was appealing to him.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Tessa Thompson stars as the willful heroine, married to a rather meek academic, George Tesman (Tom Bateman), who’s angling for an important university position.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Instead, angle your face slightly to one side.
—Christine Buzan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angle
Noun
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Both downtown Janesville and the city's south side are considered food deserts due to a lack of accessible grocery stores with affordable, fresh produce options.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Farm Bank’s marketing hardly touched the computer-game side of the business.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Kings coach Doug Christie — who was on that early 2000s team that nearly made the Finals — was one of many coaches and players throughout the NBA this week given the difficult task of answering questions about their perspectives of the ongoing legal case.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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But ask area residents how living or working in the City of Souls – surrounded by the unblinking fact of their own future – has impacted their perspective on death, and most respond with a shrug.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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As first predicted by Albert Einstein, gravitational lensing occurs when a massive celestial body causes a sufficient curvature of space-time for the path of light around it to be visibly bent, as if by a lens.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Engage the core to help keep the lower spine curvature neutral and not rounded or slouched.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, seawater intrudes like an advancing army toward thicker ice, which rests on bedrock that slopes inward toward the bowl-like center of the continent.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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The quick loss of water is even more evident in areas with banks, sloping lawns, and those with lots of hardscaping like walkways.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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But several aspects of the sales tax measure have rankled Casey and organizations focused on fiscal responsibility.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Bigelow inserts a quasi-whodunit aspect into an already white-knuckle affair.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Forty percent of fourth graders are unable to put the events of a story into a sequence or describe a character’s motivations, and a third of eighth graders cannot identify the main ideas of a text or distinguish between different viewpoints.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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That hearing was expected to include Mitchell and her top prosecutors taking the stand to defend their decisions and prove that charging the protesters was not meant to suppress their viewpoints.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For young tight ends especially, the biggest learning curve out of college is understanding how to block in the NFL.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Baesakul symbolized the interconnection of humans and nature through an interlaced motif interpreted as leather lacing or metal hardware and applied to contemporary shapes that take cues from the Eiffel Tower’s silhouette, the curve of a capybara’s back or even the form of Baesakul’s pet corgi.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Endeavor features a centrifugal force spinning disk that tilts upwards.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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Though conservative Ohio courts always conspired to tilt her battle uphill, the initial suit made a splash.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Angle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angle. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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