as in tilted
inclined or twisted to one side
that picture is aslant—would you mind straightening it?
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Adjective
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Your stairs are nothing more than a narrow, tilted floor, much like a child’s slide at a playground.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
3 Jan. 2026 -
Paramount did not bargain for WBD to foster, whether intentionally or unintentionally, a tilted and unfair process.—
Julia Boorstin,Lillian Rizzo,Alex Sherman,David Faber,
CNBC,
4 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Official Hollywood posters, especially in the Reagan years, were spurned in favor of surreal homegrown imagery, most of it only obliquely connected to the movies in question.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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In related news, drummer Josh Freese recently commented obliquely on his short stint as a Foo Fighter.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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More than half a million residents live in NYCHA development plagued by chronic mold, broken elevators, and heating failures; others reside in subpar tenements run by crooked landlords.—
Darius Jones,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2026
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The company was ripped off over and over in more than 100 crooked transactions, the agreement said.—
Steve Patterson,
Florida Times-Union,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Rafael Escalera Montoto,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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Coyotes can clean up food waste, manage animal populations and even indirectly help influence native plant growth.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Despite substantial investment, outcomes remain uneven, and access to alternatives is often constrained by income.—
Carol Platt Liebau,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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Bets on economic resilience have recently fueled gains in companies that tend to benefit from improving growth prospects, the latest data underscored the uneven labor market characterized by limited numbers of overall dismissals and lackluster hiring.—
Rita Nazareth,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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An oblique injury shortly before spring training last year, followed by a reaggravation, ultimately limited Assad to just eight big-league appearances (seven starts).—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Outfielder Kyle Stowers, who became an All-Star and extension candidate, missed the final six weeks of the season with an oblique strain.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Aslant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aslant. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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