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tilted

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verb

past tense of tilt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tilted
Adjective
  • Orlando’s Franz Wagner would’ve been in play here, but his mid-December oblique injury has limited him to 25 games.
    Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Bosa made the Pro Bowl this season, but had issues with oblique injuries, missed two games and had nine sacks — his fewest in a non-injury season since his rookie year.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Avoid the uneven, unpaved roads on more untouched stretches of the island by skirting around the shores, especially to destinations like Secret Beach.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Rainfall totals this winter have been even more uneven.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Wartime letters sent by my father to my mother at her family home in Chicago, written in his own hand on Navy letterhead, the precise print of an engineer, angled slightly to the right.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Midcentury tissue box covers feature clerestory windows, angled rooflines,and patterned concrete block designs.
    Eric Noll, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Workers reported bent rafters, crooked columns and snapped cables before the building collapsed, according to OSHA.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The larger-than-life writer-director plays the dupe, an Irish sailor who falls head over heels in confounded lust for Elsa (Hayworth), the enigmatic wife of a crooked lawyer (Everett Sloane), recently arrived in New York from Shanghai.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Knicks, by contrast, leaned heavily on their starters once again.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Rookie Dalton Knecht, a glaring defensive liability at times, has seen his minutes decrease over the past month as the Lakers have leaned more into the defense of Max Christie, Gabe Vincent and Cam Reddish on the perimeter.
    Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • While many local governments are leading the way with higher minimum wages, tipped workers still often earn less than the regular wage, the think tank notes.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The chart below highlights minimum wages in 2024 and 2025, including tipped wages, their most recent increases, and the factors driving these changes.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And if the revenue distributions are skewed toward the legacy schools, by how much? Put another way: Would an offer of $10 million per year from the Pac-12 be enough to exceed what Memphis, Tulane and USF are receiving annually and cover the additional travel costs?
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Unsurprisingly, opinions were heavily skewed by partisanship, with more than twice as many Democrats (73%) as Republicans (30%) expressing favorable views.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Indianapolis Star Everyone is inclined to take things for granted.
    The Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Governor DeWine, surely cognizant of the sentiments behind this vote, is reportedly inclined to sign the bill.
    The Editors, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Tilted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tilted. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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