as in oblique
running in a slanting direction
as they poked through the blinds, the slant rays of the setting sun created interesting patterns on the room's far wall
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as in slope
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
the road has just enough of a slant to make bicycling up it a little strenuous
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as in perspective
a way of looking at or thinking about something
an interesting slant on the problem of underage drinking
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as in to distort
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
reporters who slant the truth in order to push a political agenda
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Recent Examples of slant
Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
Two Hampton runs later, receiver Ladd McConkey won on a slant route to move the Chargers deep into Cameron Dicker’s field goal range.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Two plays later, and after a penalty, Cole Altavilla ran an inside slant and his brother hit him in stride.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Beto’s probing questions are too obviously slanted to be challenging.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Young placed an accurate pass to McMillan on a slant route, but the ball bounced off McMillan’s hands and floated into the mitts of Cowboys safety Donovan Wilson for an interception.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
Two Hampton runs later, receiver Ladd McConkey won on a slant route to move the Chargers deep into Cameron Dicker’s field goal range.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
Maye threw three touchdowns in the third quarter alone, first finding tight end Hunter Henry on a bootleg play-action pass, then Stefon Diggs on a slant and Boutte deep down the left sideline in the final minute.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Two plays later, and after a penalty, Cole Altavilla ran an inside slant and his brother hit him in stride.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
They are left to screen and slant their way down the field in methodical 10-12 play drives, which is hard to sustain in today’s game.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Beto’s probing questions are too obviously slanted to be challenging.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slant
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Among those players were outside linebacker Princely Umanmielen (originally sidelined with an ankle), center Cade Mays (ankle) and left guard Damien Lewis (oblique).—
Alex Zietlow
November 5,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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He was released after the trade deadline but re-signed a minor league deal and was added to the postseason roster after Elias Díaz’s oblique injury.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Designed by Schmidt Design Group, the design embraces the site’s natural topography, with a scenic overlook to the canyon at its highest point and a playground that takes advantage of a natural slope with climbing loops, rocks and a slide.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Start early, since most of the route is exposed on south-facing slopes.—
Outside,
Outside,
4 Nov. 2025
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Kings coach Doug Christie — who was on that early 2000s team that nearly made the Finals — was one of many coaches and players throughout the NBA this week given the difficult task of answering questions about their perspectives of the ongoing legal case.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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But ask area residents how living or working in the City of Souls – surrounded by the unblinking fact of their own future – has impacted their perspective on death, and most respond with a shrug.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Over the summer, officials in Turkey — where the lawsuit says some of the allegedly fraudulent Drake streams originated — started investigating Spotify over several allegations, including bribes for playlist placement and bot streams distorting domestic charts.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, the right shoe starts with a black pigskin suede base and mixes in blurred and distorted details to represent the pixelated side.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The seats tilt and rumble as the game progresses.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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Here's how the Blue Jays managed to tilt the Series Toronto’s way.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The cosmos is asking us to define our aspirations and inclinations.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
20 Oct. 2025
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On command, the Arc would detach from the service module and reenter the atmosphere at Mach 20+ with a high sustained g-load to arrive at any location within its orbital inclination zone.—
David Szondy
October 13,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Forty percent of fourth graders are unable to put the events of a story into a sequence or describe a character’s motivations, and a third of eighth graders cannot identify the main ideas of a text or distinguish between different viewpoints.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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That hearing was expected to include Mitchell and her top prosecutors taking the stand to defend their decisions and prove that charging the protesters was not meant to suppress their viewpoints.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Translate all documents given to detainees into Spanish and refrain from misrepresenting their contents.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Residents and local leaders have said that TCEQ misrepresented the nature of the intersection in a traffic study completed for the application.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Slant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slant. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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