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as in slopes
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 viewpoints
a way of looking at or thinking about something
an interesting slant on the problem of underage drinking
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as in distorts
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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as in tilts
to set or cause to be at an angle
a ramp slanted at a 20 degree angle
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Recent Examples of slants
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Third round receiver Malachi Fields, who had a bad downfield drop but made some good catches on slants over the middle, noted that Harbaugh has been helping rookies understand the new demands of this next level.
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Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
However, slants and quick first steps beat him to the spot in the run game.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Like Coleman, Boston’s size (6-4, 210) and physicality enable him to win more than his fair share of jump balls, but the Huskie wideout is also a polished route-runner, especially on slants and comebacks.
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Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
Yann LeCun’s Bell Labs team trained a neural network on thousands of digit samples with varying slants and handwriting pressure.
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IEEE Spectrum,
13 Dec. 2025
On that side of the field, Sutton and Franklin ran double slants to create traffic in the middle of the field.
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Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
The middle safety’s running down to steal slants--which is very abnormal.
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Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
The Giants can be excused for indulging in that moment of nostalgia, but the reality is it’s been a long time since Beckham was the unstoppable force from those clips who routinely caught slants and broke 60-yard touchdowns.
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Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Third round receiver Malachi Fields, who had a bad downfield drop but made some good catches on slants over the middle, noted that Harbaugh has been helping rookies understand the new demands of this next level.
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Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
However, slants and quick first steps beat him to the spot in the run game.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Like Coleman, Boston’s size (6-4, 210) and physicality enable him to win more than his fair share of jump balls, but the Huskie wideout is also a polished route-runner, especially on slants and comebacks.
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Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
Yann LeCun’s Bell Labs team trained a neural network on thousands of digit samples with varying slants and handwriting pressure.
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IEEE Spectrum,
13 Dec. 2025
On that side of the field, Sutton and Franklin ran double slants to create traffic in the middle of the field.
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Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
The middle safety’s running down to steal slants--which is very abnormal.
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Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slants
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The terrain is rocky, with vineyards clinging to steep limestone slopes, simultaneously warmed by the sun and cooled by salty Adriatic breezes.
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In March of the following year, during their pre-Easter break, William, 11, and Harry, 9, returned to the slopes in Lech, Austria, with Mom for a week-long ski trip that had become an annual family tradition.
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As always, rural areas, open fields and elevated viewpoints are generally better than neighborhoods surrounded by streetlights, buildings and trees.
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Their viewpoints are only represented through archive footage, and their distancing from the project suggests lingering dissatisfaction with the inequities surrounding money and creative credit.
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Progressives across the country have spent years arguing that unlimited outside spending distorts democracy, empowers wealthy interests, and undermines trust in government.
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This lyrical collection from B Batchelor—a 2025 Haymarket Writing Freedom Fellow, and a recipient of multiple awards from PEN America—explores the way incarceration distorts time.
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Files, buffers, cuticle tools and even gel systems can last for months or years with proper care, which means the math tilts in favor of DIY after just a few uses.
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Your 11th House of Friends tilts against routines as the instinctive Moon forms a quincunx to passionate Mars in your 6th House of Work.
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The riverfront includes steep inclines, large rocks and uneven ground that can be difficult for workers or machinery to manage safely.
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Combat travel stiffness with simple SITS exercises (shoulder shrugs, inclines, twists, steps) and consider chiropractic care before and after your trip for spinal alignment.
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That’s particularly important in higher education, where the range of perspectives is wide and the stakes are high.
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Potential romantic entanglement aside, these two have seriously different perspectives on Paula’s predicament.
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Treating it as a cyber line item misrepresents the scope of those decisions.
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But Thomas’s focus on Wilson misrepresents his role in the Progressive movement.
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Outdoor curtains lend some privacy while providing a bit of shade when the sun angles in at sunrise and sunset.
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Moon angles her chin and the light dims in her eyes.
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“Slants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slants. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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