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verb

past tense of angle
as in tilted
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 angled
Adjective
The hemline of the dress included ruffles in a cascading, angled design. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025 Equipped with a next-generation ultrasonic transducer and an advanced control unit, the spider robot can precisely navigate complex and angled surfaces. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025 Its angled design keeps liquid in the bowl while scooping to make less mess while serving. Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025 One of the more ambitious levels is Imprint, a snowy complex that feels ripped from Inception with an angled elevator lift at its heart that shifts laterally between planes. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025 Three levels down, visitors can peer all the way up through the saltwater and the flotilla of fish thanks to a huge oculus — a 31-foot-wide angled porthole — at the tank’s bottom. Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025 Inside the pool house, which has an angled fireplace resembling the one found in the main residence. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2025 That, in turn, moves the angled fan mount far enough to the right to give onlookers a straight view from the case’s front window to the front edge of the motherboard. Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025 Baleaf Quick-Dry Cargo Hiking Pants Get style inspiration from Witherspoon in these similar army green hiking pants with angled side pockets. Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
His home is angled downward from the development. Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025 Her legs, still angled from the previous turns, couldn't find purchase to push forward or pull backward. Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025 These sensors were precisely angled to prepare for the construction of a large neutrino observatory in the deep South China Sea. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025 The Maine trembled and angled up, then listed to port, throwing him from his chair. Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025 To take the lower front air intakes, which were angled toward the centerline of the car—toward the Tri Star emblem—and invert them to toward the tires was a dreadful choice. Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025 The Monégasque angled it sharply across the court. James Hansen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 Duane angled through a second band of alders and came out right where the blacktail lay on the lower grassy edge of the hill’s bald knob. Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025 Trump has long angled for the Peace Prize, mocking the fact that former President Barack Obama won it in his first year in office. Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angled
Adjective
  • Inside, its sloped rooflines, expansive windows, and original stone fireplace made an immediate impression.
    Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Snipers set up on a very sloped roof on a suspect barricaded in a motel.
    Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • If voters approve Proposition 50, state Democrats would see the odds tilted in their favor for the 2026 midterm elections, while the number of Republicans representing Californians could be halved.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The internet has tilted the scales of skincare once again, this time, in favor of an approach that claims to help achieve a glow from the inside out.
    Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet many of their own colleagues are not getting paid — and likely won't be until the shutdown is over — creating an unequal playing field among federal employees that grows more slanted as the shutdown continues.
    Jenny Abamu, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Quarterback Behren Morton had only minimal input in that result despite the slanted scoreline, completing seven of 12 passes for 91 yards and one touchdown.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Investigators later determined Ly was armed with an orange-tipped, replica handgun and a knife, text in the video reads.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Nix started the fourth quarter finishing an eight-play, 78-yard touchdown drive that led to a Tony Franklin touchdown on a tipped pass.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • To complete her casual quiet luxury look, Markle added a pair of Stuart Weitzman heeled boots.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Qiy Ankle Boots These suede ankle boots strike the exact right balance of fashionable and functional—mid-height, subtly heeled, and endlessly wearable.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Such ambiguity works to the film’s advantage, as Leonberg focuses on Indy’s face and lets audiences project our own feelings onto the cocked head, the questioning expression, his brows arched in either curiosity or concern.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • His paranoia, played with clumsy charm by a mustachioed and bleary-eyed Leonardo DiCaprio, is half-cocked and somewhat comical.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Palace are one of the most vertical attacking teams around.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Stratton offers more than 2,000 feet in vertical drop and one of the few slope-side villages on the East Coast.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The new rule stipulates that pillows must be firm enough to prevent suffocation and flat enough to prevent the baby’s head and neck from going into an inclined position.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Her parents were originally inclined to give her a name whose popularity was heavily influenced by another NBC show.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Angled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angled. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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