as in inclines
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
a steep cant of the riverbank at that turn in the river
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as in dialects
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
the colorful cant used by movie producers and publicity agents in Hollywood
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as in tilts
to set or cause to be at an angle
carefully canted the ladder against the wall
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Recent Examples of cants
ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
The fairway cants to the right.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cants
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According to the project team, Pemba walked independently on sections of terrain with inclines of less than 30 degrees.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
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This two-lane highway runs parallel to the Rio Grande and is filled with mountain views, steep inclines, and dramatic switchbacks.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
Noun
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It is also being distributed internationally and has been translated into French, Spanish, German and three Greenlandic dialects.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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Language is often a reflection of the culture that shapes it, impacting tone, idioms, dialects and even silence across regions.—
Ryan Kolln,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Described by the park as a record-breaking attraction, Siren's Curse tilts riders at a 90-degree angle, holding them vertically as the track locks into place before the first drop.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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The coordination hubs within states will need to triage gaps in basic AI fluency, such as using AI for daily life, to more advanced AI proficiency that tilts more towards skill development for using AI at work or building AI systems and infrastructure.—
Shalin Jyotishi,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Dawa Sherpa, 57, disappeared in brutal conditions on the upper slopes of the world's tallest mountain on May 30 during one of the final climbs of the spring season.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Mount Merapi One of the most active volcanoes on Earth, Merapi erupts frequently and produces deadly pyroclastic flows that can race down its slopes at high speeds.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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By the end of the learning unit, Burton said growth in the children could be seen as their vocabularies expanded to using words such as thermometer, blood pressure and punctured.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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Shallow, misogynistic speech has seeped into the daily vocabularies of many, suggesting the toxic, anti-woman values that have long inspired such rhetoric are once again calcifying into a widespread and serious problem.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2026
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Understand The Reporter’s Beat To Tailor A Pitch My team focuses on developing the most compelling, relevant pitch angles for our clients.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Creators who want to pull both vertical and horizontal clips from one take can simply shoot at a wide angle and punch in to the frame to crop both angles out for YouTube and social apps.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2026
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Born to a humble family in the twilight years of the shogunate, Higuchi Natsuko (as she was born) was the fourth child and second daughter of a man with scholarly inclinations, who as a farmer had come to the capital to seek both fortune and rank.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Over the last week or so, the four satellites adjusted their inclinations—the angles of their orbits to the equator—by less than a degree.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2026
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Football in Ghana is a powerful unifying force in a country of more than 30 million people, multiple languages, and dozens of distinct ethnic groups.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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Israel’s military has spokespeople in several languages, but only Adraee is famous enough to be known by his first name.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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“Cants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cants. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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