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as in uneven
inclined or twisted to one side
gave the eavesdropper an oblique glance out of the corner of her eye
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as in sloping
running in a slanting direction
in the painting the artist repeats the oblique line of the path with the oblique line of the outstretched arm
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Recent Examples of oblique
Harvey makes the conventional so strange, so oblique and otherworldly, that her images become unfixed from the cultural wallpaper they’ve been trapped in.
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Ocean Vuong, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
Then, Aaron Ashby and right-hander Tobias Myers went down with oblique strains.
—Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Both players missed extended time with oblique tears but have started every game since late January.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
The 6-foot-3 guard had been dealing with an oblique injury for two weeks that kept him out of the team’s last four games and all three of Texas Tech’s NCAA Tournament contests.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2025
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Ocean Vuong, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
Then, Aaron Ashby and right-hander Tobias Myers went down with oblique strains.
—Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Both players missed extended time with oblique tears but have started every game since late January.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
The 6-foot-3 guard had been dealing with an oblique injury for two weeks that kept him out of the team’s last four games and all three of Texas Tech’s NCAA Tournament contests.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblique
Adjective
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John’s piano and vocals, thankfully, were front and center, and did not suffer from uneven mixing.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This can be seen when the gap between the doors is too small, too large, or uneven.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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May 22: The Crescent moon, Saturn, and Venus line up In the pre-dawn hours of May 22, the thin crescent moon, Saturn, and Venus will appear in a relatively straight diagonal line above the east horizon.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
1 May 2025
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Lamine Yamal held things up in Madrid’s box, and then laid off a cool diagonal pass for Pedri that was fired into Thibaut Courtois’ top corner.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But that jubilation quickly turns into a night of violence when Coop is beaten within an inch of his life by two guys hired by a crooked art gallery owner who put overly aggressive moves on his partner in crime Elena (Aimee Carrero).—
Rosemary Rossi,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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In the new season’s third episode, Charlie helps Beatrix solve the murder of her husband Jeffrey (Richard Kind) by crooked FBI agent Danny (John Mulaney), and in return, Beatrix agrees to call off the hit.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2025
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“Oblique.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblique. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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