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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
In the wellness rooms, concrete surfaces are treated almost like sculpture, with angled planes designed to shape daylight. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026 Refueling is done through an angled side port, while any remaining fuel can be drained from the bottom after use. Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 24 July 2026 The bottom has two sets of nested, angled feet (one set for 6 degrees of tilt and the other for 9 degrees). Francisco Lahoz, PC Magazine, 21 July 2026 An angled lob gives thick hair a chic look, while a middle part adds a sophisticated touch to a classic cut. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 July 2026 For those who prefer a non-electric option, residential cleaning specialist Valentina Rios recommends tile scrubbers with angled or triangular heads. Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026 Their angled footbeds provide comfortable arch support while maintaining a slim, classic silhouette. Annie Blackman, InStyle, 8 July 2026 As for the church’s parking concerns, the city at the time agreed to construct at least 10 angled parking spaces along the church. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026 One petition was handwritten, laying out his logic in angled handwriting across lined notebook paper. Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Verb
Cascading waterfall spouts that line the middle of the pool, meantime, are specially angled to target stress points on your body. Tim Chan, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2026 Most systems rely on horizontal or angled training to promote lateral growth of flowering stems. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2026 Thiero angled himself into the paint with a drive after a side screen from point guard William Hickey, drawing a switch from Thunder forward Buddy Boeheim while Mara instinctively sunk into the paint. Law Murray, New York Times, 11 July 2026 The weeklong preliminary hearing has attracted intense media coverage and spectators who have angled for one of the 14 seats in the courtroom that are reserved for the public. Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 The video shows a black vehicle angled towards a white van, their doors wide open, and the man lying between the two. Hallie Golden, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026 These appear in every guest room and, angled to catch the changing light, create a constantly shifting patchwork of light and shadow, inspired by the Mayan belief that life is cyclical. Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 Floor seating is flat, not angled, so a short child’s view depends almost entirely on the height of the crowd in front of them. Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026 Floor seating is flat rather than angled, so a child’s view depends entirely on the height of whoever is standing in front of them. Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angled
Adjective
  • Common areas feature self-operating lifts or sloped entryways.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026
  • The Karine armchair has some serious potential to become your new favorite chair with its sloped arms and relaxed silhouette, energized by a mellow shade of green.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Bo stood awkwardly while the teacher remained seated, his long brown face tilted in deep thought.
    Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • Ahead of Argentina’s match against Switzerland, the odds were tilted toward Messi’s team.
    Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 17 July 2026
Adjective
  • At an event with the Bay Area Book Festival, Namwali and Cathy discuss slant rhymes, slanted grammars, and the slanting light Morrison wields in the passage to describe how a City stirs up beauty, violence, music, and love.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • With her fingers, Guadalupe Espinoza lightly traced the lettering engraved on a slanted monument wedged alongside the courtyard at the LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • Workers want pay and benefits in line with what the union says is the new citywide standard, which is a minimum wage of $30 per hour for non-tipped workers by 2028, a 15-room daily quota for housekeeping workers, 18% banquet gratuity and more, the release says.
    Laura Fay, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • Those who do appreciate that they are allowed to use them to help cover a wide variety of costs, whether that’s paying non-tipped staff like cooks and managers, buying raw materials or tackling health care premiums and credit card fees.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Adjective
  • The unofficial shoe of the summer, heeled thongs match the casual vibe of baggy jeans but still feel dressier than regular flip-flops.
    Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 26 July 2026
  • He was once reportedly spotted on a high-speed train wearing a pinstripe suit paired with high-heeled pumps.
    Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026
Adjective
  • From lambs with quizzically cocked eyebrows, to lambs whose wooly coats are made of flower petals, to lambs that simply defy description.
    Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The actor Nicholas Christopher—brawny, bald, with a perpetually cocked eyebrow that brings to mind Yul Brynner—strode through the aisles of Tashkent Supermarket in Brighton Beach one afternoon.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Inside, the increasingly digital cockpit continues to evolve, with a new dash layout and canted touchscreens.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
Adjective
  • The top quarterbacks in college football, especially in a play-action vertical offense, are typically sitting around 10 yards on average target depth.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 July 2026
  • The system integrates a vertical-axis wind turbine with a solar arch mounted above it.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

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“Angled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angled. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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