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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
Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 21 May 2026
Saints even broke out a high-angled driver, but only got a two count.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Instead, the ball stayed in play and bounced off the angled sidewall.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Back then, the tall angled ceilings seemed to soar and the breakfast combos looked mountainous.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The launcher’s pivot mechanism supports both angled and vertical firing modes.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
The arrest warrant describes that room as an 8-by-9-foot storage space with angled ceilings.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Its angled 42mm transducers mimic high-end speaker imaging, while its ultra-lightweight 150-ohm voice coil ensures distortion-free clarity across music and games.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
For the most security, make sure your fence has an angled wire—turkeys can fly or hop over a low fence.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 May 2026
The vent is designed to dissipate the heat and the air is angled away from the user’s body to take the hot air away from the skin.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Meanwhile, another area can have two armchairs or sofas angled toward each other to create a conversation nook.
—Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 24 May 2026
The left fielder angled, sprinted and reached up with his left arm and made the catch for the final out, securing Verdugo Hills’ 3-1 triumph over Taft.
—Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 23 May 2026
Other famous faces in the crowd included Tim Meadows and Paul Rudd, each of whom similarly angled to appear on the finale episode.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
The front, as is Mercedes’s wont, is dominated by screens, including a digital gauge cluster, an infotainment screen angled to the driver, and a dedicated passenger display.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 May 2026
Keough’s $1,690 Alaïa pair kept the front almost bare, with a glossy black thong strap between the toes and a second patent strap angled across the foot.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 16 May 2026
In contrast, OpenAI’s attorney suggested Musk, who helped create and fund the company, angled early for total control of OpenAI as Altman pushed back to ensure the powerful tech was not dominated by just one person.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Adjective
This look features an angled tip with the jelly yellow on half of a clear tip.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 21 May 2026
Saints even broke out a high-angled driver, but only got a two count.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Instead, the ball stayed in play and bounced off the angled sidewall.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Back then, the tall angled ceilings seemed to soar and the breakfast combos looked mountainous.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The launcher’s pivot mechanism supports both angled and vertical firing modes.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
The arrest warrant describes that room as an 8-by-9-foot storage space with angled ceilings.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Its angled 42mm transducers mimic high-end speaker imaging, while its ultra-lightweight 150-ohm voice coil ensures distortion-free clarity across music and games.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
For the most security, make sure your fence has an angled wire—turkeys can fly or hop over a low fence.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
Learner Tien, with guidance from 1989 French Open champion Michael Chang, has the kind of game — sweeping, angled groundstrokes and deftness of touch — that should suit clay, but he is still getting used to its secret codes.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 May 2026
The vent is designed to dissipate the heat and the air is angled away from the user’s body to take the hot air away from the skin.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Meanwhile, another area can have two armchairs or sofas angled toward each other to create a conversation nook.
—Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 24 May 2026
The left fielder angled, sprinted and reached up with his left arm and made the catch for the final out, securing Verdugo Hills’ 3-1 triumph over Taft.
—Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 23 May 2026
Other famous faces in the crowd included Tim Meadows and Paul Rudd, each of whom similarly angled to appear on the finale episode.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
The front, as is Mercedes’s wont, is dominated by screens, including a digital gauge cluster, an infotainment screen angled to the driver, and a dedicated passenger display.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 May 2026
Keough’s $1,690 Alaïa pair kept the front almost bare, with a glossy black thong strap between the toes and a second patent strap angled across the foot.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 16 May 2026
In contrast, OpenAI’s attorney suggested Musk, who helped create and fund the company, angled early for total control of OpenAI as Altman pushed back to ensure the powerful tech was not dominated by just one person.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angled
Adjective
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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
Verb
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The recommendation is a follow-through of the AI being tilted toward human well-being.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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There’s an ease and organicism to these melodies that recalls the ramshackle sparkle of Arthur Russell’s home recordings, or Daniel Johnston’s slanted pop songs.—
Arielle Gordon,
Pitchfork,
22 May 2026
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But the slightly slanted exterior architecture is just a way to whet your architectural appetite.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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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
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Under state law, businesses are not allowed to retain proceeds from service fees charged to customers to cover operating costs or supplement wages for non-tipped staff, the Attorney General’s office said.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The slip-on heeled mules have a leather sole with a rubber heel cap.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
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Warmer weather calls for showing off that pedicure with a minimal strappy heeled sandal and a longer black dress.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
25 May 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
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Inside, the increasingly digital cockpit continues to evolve, with a new dash layout and canted touchscreens.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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And why not make Lohner a red-zone target with his vertical leap honed from his basketball background?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
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The vertical axis is how often the AI heard a student’s name across 28 sessions; the horizontal axis is my own participation rating.—
Lutz Finger,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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“Angled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angled. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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