sloped 1 of 2

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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sloped

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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
Snipers set up on a very sloped roof on a suspect barricaded in a motel. Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Energy Intelligence Pricing remains opaque but tilted in Beijing’s favor.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The findings come 10 months after the 2024 election, during which young men tilted rightward.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After going down with an oblique injury earlier this month, top rookie Roman Anthony was given a four-to-six-week timeline for a potential return to the lineup.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Hill missed nearly a month of training camp and preseason with an oblique injury.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Seen previously on models like NZXT’s own H6 Flow and the more recent APNX V1, angled fan mounts like those on the H9 Flow RGB offer the best of both worlds.
    Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
  • They’re finished with a zip-and-button fly and angled side pockets.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Chili’s has leaned into digital engagement.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The tightening polls also came after Cornyn leaned into the Texas redistricting fight, garnering attention for calling on the FBI to help bring back Democrats who had fled the state in protest against efforts to redraw the maps.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Sloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloped. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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