as in transversely
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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Now draw an imaginary line diagonally through the Dipper's bowl from Dubhe (the upper right star in the bowl) down through Phecda (the lower left star in the bowl) and extend that line downward about twice the distance between those two stars and that will bring you to the vicinity of Cor Caroli.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Fold squares in half diagonally over filling to create triangles.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
The slim plot, a leftover from when the Avenue of the Americas cut diagonally through the grid in the 1920s, was for many decades home to a gas station and carwash.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
This one, too, is tricked out with tech for rotating 360 degrees on the spot and crab walking diagonally, all thanks to the proprietary e4 Platform (quad-motor independent torque vectoring) and the DiSus-P intelligent hydraulic body control system.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Fold squares in half diagonally over filling to create triangles.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
The slim plot, a leftover from when the Avenue of the Americas cut diagonally through the grid in the 1920s, was for many decades home to a gas station and carwash.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
This one, too, is tricked out with tech for rotating 360 degrees on the spot and crab walking diagonally, all thanks to the proprietary e4 Platform (quad-motor independent torque vectoring) and the DiSus-P intelligent hydraulic body control system.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
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Adverb
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At night, the dinette converts over into the 53 x 74-in (135 x 188-cm) double bed that runs transversely.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The circular stone ruins stretched about 40 feet across and matched the general design of a Roman burial mound, or tumulus, archaeologists said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Models predict that neutron stars are about a dozen or so miles across, but their exact radius has always been unclear.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Whereas the play only obliquely references the character’s successful new novel, this version presents Eileen’s manuscript — co-written with her mousy lover Thea (Imogen Potts), a former schoolmate of Hedda’s — as a revelatory treatise on the future of human sexuality.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
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But Sage also shows up later in the episode to obliquely discuss their plans for Marie.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Make another layer with another 1/4 of the eggplant slices, this time arranging them crosswise to the first layer.—
Carolyn Casner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2022
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Serve: Carve the chicken breasts off the bone, slice them crosswise, and serve with the salad.—
Beth Segal,
cleveland,
23 Sep. 2021
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagonally. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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