as in incline
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
the next stretch of the trail had a gentle slope which made it easier to climb
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as in to tilt
to set or cause to be at an angle
they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street
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Recent Examples of slope
Latoya Gayle, People.com, 2 May 2025
The Dalarna region is Sweden at its best, with dense forests speckling the landscape, a web of foot trails, dramatic waterfalls, gentle slopes for hiking and skiing, and placid lakes, including one of the country’s largest, Lake Siljan.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
In the garden, children played fetch with the Ambassador’s herding dog, who scurried up and down the sloping grass, underneath cherry trees in full bloom.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Heavy equipment was sent into the hole via a slope and walls had to be built to ensure the safety of rescue workers, the outlet added.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 2 May 2025
The Dalarna region is Sweden at its best, with dense forests speckling the landscape, a web of foot trails, dramatic waterfalls, gentle slopes for hiking and skiing, and placid lakes, including one of the country’s largest, Lake Siljan.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Verb
Yes, the index pierced below its 200-day moving average, but that trend line continues to slope solidly higher.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
In the garden, children played fetch with the Ambassador’s herding dog, who scurried up and down the sloping grass, underneath cherry trees in full bloom.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slope
Noun
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Sleeping at an incline may also offer some degree of respiratory support, notes Brady.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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If your goal is to engage more muscle groups, the treadmill may be the better option, especially when running or walking at an incline.—
Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Midway through the period, though, the ice started to tilt in the other direction.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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But it was renamed The Land of Hope and Dreams tour earlier this month, and is clearly tilting in a more political direction now that Trump is back in the White House.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Analysts also see an inclination among some officials to keep certain communications private, not just from spies but also from government recordkeeping.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 May 2025
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Conveniently dovetailing into some of the notions offered this weekend to Trump at Mar-a-Lago by Oscar-winner Voight and his team, Newsom’s pitch of a national tax incentive for big screen and small screen production is clearly aimed to appeal to Trump’s bigger-is-better inclinations.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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The nylon bristles are angled to ensure that strands migrate to the side of the cleaner head rather than getting wrapped around or tangled in the brush bar.—
Brenda Stolyar,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Rather than build on a north-south axis, Frank angled the more than 5,000-square-foot steel-beam structure to run from the southeast to northwest on its corner parcel, with everything flaring out from a spacious central hub.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
21 May 2025
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University of South Alabama meteorologist Jordan McLeod also pointed out that there was a particularly strong pressure gradient at upper levels in the region that could have possibly mixed downward in what meteorologists refer to as a dry slot.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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On day one, she was seen in a matching green snakeskin set and later in a Carolina blue gradient asymmetrical dress, the latter seemingly a nod to boyfriend Belichick, who now coaches the UNC football team.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
12 May 2025
Verb
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Barry leans heavily on old clips of his writing to fill this book up, and that’s fine, but near the end the bag of leftovers grows soggy.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Americans could be squeezed further if the tax breaks have employers and workers lean more heavily on tips, exacerbating post-pandemic tipping fatigue.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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“Slope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slope. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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