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as in sloping
running in a slanting direction the sloped arrangement of the pictures along the staircase wall should follow the line of the banister

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verb

past tense of slope
as in tilted
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 sloped
Adjective
The Karine armchair has some serious potential to become your new favorite chair with its sloped arms and relaxed silhouette, energized by a mellow shade of green. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 6 July 2026 Even the roof can be chosen in a flat, gable, or sloped style, with interior configurations to match. Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 22 June 2026 His sloped shoulders suggested bodily power that was sleepy and sly; his large head and dark, badly cut hair amplified the weight and solidity of him, but his lips were sensitive and a little slack, as if yearning for something he’d been long deprived of. Mary Gaitskill, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026 The sloped, landscaped half-acre lot offers a terrace and a two-car garage. The Week Us, TheWeek, 30 Jan. 2026 This can prevent sloped roofs from shedding snow properly and cause snow to accumulate on flat or low-slope roofs, FEMA said. Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 28 Jan. 2026 Each wing was connected to the main structure with long colonnades, hidden from street view by trees and sloped lawns. Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026 Snipers set up on a very sloped roof on a suspect barricaded in a motel. Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
The coast is dotted with colorful fishing villages, while the region’s interior is made up of rolling green hills and gently sloped vineyards. Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026 Most lawns are sloped to create clear drainage paths away from the home. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 But the fields that sloped toward the turquoise sea weren’t about to be cultivated with the vines of Merlot grapes or Regona cider apple trees or even acorns to be transmuted into jamón Ibérico. Tamar Adler, Vogue, 3 June 2026 Eco effort The villas are mainly run on solar power (each villa’s roof is slightly sloped to accommodate these solar panels), and the resort is single plastic-free. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026 Leaking faucets, pipes, and air conditioning units should be repaired, and the ground next to the foundation should be sloped so that surface water drains away from the building. Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 14 May 2026 The roof is sloped to encourage drainage that prevents water and debris from piling up, and is broken up into two levels to allow for an open ventilation panel to let hot air escape while keeping rainwater out. Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 Its right legs leaned so severely that the whole top sloped. Noz Nozawa, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026 Accessibility features include gently sloped pathways and arched water jets. Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sloped
Adjective
  • There was a casual feel in Memorial Auditorium in the hour before game time, as children kicked a ball around on the auditorium’s sloping floor.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • Watch for soft spots on floors, uneven or sloping flooring, cracks in walls and warped materials.
    Ryan Brennan May 8, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Ahead of Argentina’s match against Switzerland, the odds were tilted toward Messi’s team.
    Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 17 July 2026
  • The camera cannot be tilted or repositioned, although the creators say that the wide field of view compensates for that factor.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 13 July 2026
Adjective
  • Infielder Nick Sogard, who had been called up in Story’s place, hit the IL with a right oblique strain June 3, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa went to the IL with a forearm bone stress reaction similar to Mayer’s on June 20.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Mayfield, who turned 31 in April, appeared on the Bucs’ injury report 10 out of 18 weeks with issues that spanned his foot, toe, knee, right biceps, oblique and right shoulder.
    Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Cascading waterfall spouts that line the middle of the pool, meantime, are specially angled to target stress points on your body.
    Tim Chan, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2026
  • The weeklong preliminary hearing has attracted intense media coverage and spectators who have angled for one of the 14 seats in the courtroom that are reserved for the public.
    Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
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  • Yamal has just one goal in this tournament, a nod to an approach that has leaned into the quality of the group as much as any individual brilliance.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • Sotheby’s leaned heavily on the Robert Mnuchin Collection, the Lewis Collection and other major estates.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026

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“Sloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloped. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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