as in oblique
running in a slanting direction
the diagonal design ran up the wall all the way from the lower left to the upper right-hand corner
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as in slope
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
the ramp was set at a low diagonal to make it easier for physically challenged patrons
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Recent Examples of diagonal
Thom Harris, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
The final thing Columbia gets right is their diagonal cut, according to Huse.
—Andrew Barrett Schrader, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2025
Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Protests cut a diagonal through the city, disrupting the trains and traffic.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Close your eyes, and picture the scene; Manchester City are moving the ball forward, the opposition are slowly retreating into their defensive shape, and a slow, diagonal pass is bobbling along to Jeremy Doku out on the wing.
—Thom Harris, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
The final thing Columbia gets right is their diagonal cut, according to Huse.
—Andrew Barrett Schrader, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
But these bold diagonals lack the fundamental humanity of those which are accidentally off-kilter.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Protests cut a diagonal through the city, disrupting the trains and traffic.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Brantly, who is going on the injured list, had been promoted two weeks ago to replace starting catcher Nick Fortes, who was placed on the injured list April 10 with a left oblique strain.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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Second baseman Jeff McNeil (oblique strain) will play back-to-back games in Binghamton this weekend, and the team will evaluate his status Monday.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But McIlroy, with ice in his own veins, bombed his drive and put his approach within two feet after spinning it off the slope behind the hole.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The proverbial slope from seemingly reasonable uses of these technologies to unconstitutional and unjustifiably speech-suppressive uses is very slippery.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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The unusual trajectory aligned the Falcon 9 with a perfectly polar orbit at an inclination of 90 degrees to the equator, bringing the four-person crew directly over the North or South Pole every 45 minutes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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And grant funding has become less reliable as state governments face their own financial challenges while the Trump administration has shown little inclination to aid transit systems.—
Soumya Karlamangla,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The resort, however, is on an incline, and the hot springs are at the very top of the hill.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Apr. 2025
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An investigation determined that the injuries occurred after the victim had parked a red 2006 Kia Sedona on an incline on the northbound side of Lyric Lane.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Diagonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagonal. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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