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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
Its custom racetrack woofer drives deeper bass with minimal distortion, while the angled 20-degree acoustic tilt directs audio right to your ears. Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026 The angled basement window, in particular, is an inspired bit of technical mastery, as are the pair of handles on the sides, reserved for the Flukeman and Alex Krycek, who are technically out of the picture, but always feel like a looming presence. Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The angled sides create a visually interesting silhouette, while the glass front distinguishes it from a mere box of wood. Evan Russum, Architectural Digest, 22 Aug. 2026 Soft lines and curves now coexist with angled shoulders and straight collars. Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026 Even better, they’re crafted from a stretchy, wrinkle-resistant ponte fabric and feature both traditional angled and cargo-style pockets on each side. Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 An offset spatula, with its angled blade, works well for this job. Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2026 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
Verb
Pete Crow-Armstrong leaped and angled his body in a way that looked like a version of the iconic Jumpman logo. Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Two small birds sat atop the net in Louis Armstrong Stadium during the middle of a point and play continued, with both players hitting multiple shots before Medvedev angled a forehand toward the corner that caused one of the birds to fly up. ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 In one instance, someone unplugged a Flock camera and angled it down. Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Aug. 2026 The team raised the vehicle’s rear hatch and angled it toward the sun throughout the day. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 In another photo, Hoffman—who’s an Emmy-winning writer and comedian—put a white heart emoji over Windey’s nipples as her wife angled her body towards her. Lara Walsh, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026 Sam’s head was bent low, his ear angled toward the mesh of their brown Stromberg-Carlson radio. Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026 Its steel cladding was also intentional, with the tower appearing more like a twisting, angled sculpture than something that's trying to blend in with its surroundings. New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026 Orange and olive trees run down to a private stretch of beach, and the 14-meter infinity pool is angled so the water seems to run straight into the sea. Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angled
Adjective
  • Following their 1967 nuptials, Elvis and Priscilla spent their honeymoon in Palm Springs at William Krisel’s House of Tomorrow, a 4,695-square-foot modernist abode sectioned off into four circular spaces under a long, sloped roof.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Common areas feature self-operating lifts or sloped entryways.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • Data, though, suggested the strange feature may have first formed earlier and didn't become visible until Saturn's southern hemisphere tilted back into Earth's view.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The way that Saturn's axis is tilted meant that the ringed planet's southern hemisphere was not visible from Earth from 2012 to 2023.
    Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The picture glowed, the sound was clear; nothing blurred, slanted, or bled off the screen.
    Lane Brown, Vulture, 25 July 2026
  • The light is always ‘slanted,’ casting the novel’s gnomic creations in disquieting atmospherics.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Adjective
  • At the moment, the state of Florida minimum hourly wage stands at $14 an hour for non-tipped employees.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • The designer’s signature heeled shoes, first introduced in 1959, feature a distinctive inward-curving heel, and comes in four styles, including pumps, slingback heels, boots, and cuissardes.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Throw it on with bike shorts and sneakers for a laidback sightseeing look, or layer it over wide-leg trousers and heeled sandals for an evening-ready ensemble.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 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
  • In the last big vertical ladder section, Hector and I reached peak levels of awareness of our surroundings.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The company conducted the flights using its Chaparral hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in Louisiana.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Angled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angled. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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