as in leaning
running in a slanting direction
a rickety, tilting staircase that did not look safe
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as in sloping
to set or cause to be at an angle
the robin tilts its head as it hunts for worms in the grass
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Recent Examples of tilting
Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The game required Kobrya to guess the price of the trip by tilting a platform with four numbers to show the correct price — either $7,359 or $9,537.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
The lens shift, in the vertical direction only, offers similar flexibility for adjusting the projector's height relative to the screen without tilting the projector and distorting the image.
—M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
Much of that confidence and urgency showed up right away with Hingham tilting the ice for an 18-3 shots on goal advantage in the first period.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
Thursday’s election was in a diverse area that has traditional working-class neighborhoods — once strongly Labour, now tilting toward Reform — as well as large numbers of university students and Muslim residents.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Thursday’s election was in a diverse area that has traditional working-class neighborhoods — once strongly Labor, now tilting toward Reform — as well as large numbers of university students and Muslim residents.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Its tilting head allows easier access to the stainless steel bowl while whipping up your favorite recipe, and the 10 speeds can handle even the stickiest of doughs.
—Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
Trump himself appointed three of the sitting nine justices during his first term, tilting the court to the right for a generation.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
The Starlinks still leave streaks in telescope images, but SpaceX has, after consultations with the astronomy community, managed to reduce the satellites' brightness by using less reflective materials and tilting reflective components like solar panels away from Earth.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The game required Kobrya to guess the price of the trip by tilting a platform with four numbers to show the correct price — either $7,359 or $9,537.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
The lens shift, in the vertical direction only, offers similar flexibility for adjusting the projector's height relative to the screen without tilting the projector and distorting the image.
—M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
Much of that confidence and urgency showed up right away with Hingham tilting the ice for an 18-3 shots on goal advantage in the first period.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
Thursday’s election was in a diverse area that has traditional working-class neighborhoods — once strongly Labour, now tilting toward Reform — as well as large numbers of university students and Muslim residents.
—ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Thursday’s election was in a diverse area that has traditional working-class neighborhoods — once strongly Labor, now tilting toward Reform — as well as large numbers of university students and Muslim residents.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Its tilting head allows easier access to the stainless steel bowl while whipping up your favorite recipe, and the 10 speeds can handle even the stickiest of doughs.
—Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
Trump himself appointed three of the sitting nine justices during his first term, tilting the court to the right for a generation.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tilting
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Besides the value of its open spaces and sloping landscapes amid the city center, Bayfront Park is a sign of faith that if the city is willing to invest $30 million downtown, its citizens will be encouraged to build, shop and live there.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The South by Southwest Music Festival, by comparison, is sloping downward.—
Thor Christensen,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Embiid sat out again with a right oblique strain.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Strider felt oblique tightness in his recent Grapefruit League start and then again in a bullpen session.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But News Corporation executives somehow directed Chalker to Daniel Halpern, the bushy-haired and left-leaning editor of the company’s literary imprint Ecco Press.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Noongar Wongi rapper from Boorloo (Perth), still a teenager, delivered a full-band take on the 2003 conscious hip-hop classic, leaning into its themes of global division and compassion with a confidence that belied his age.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
28 Mar. 2026
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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
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The sloped, landscaped half-acre lot offers a terrace and a two-car garage.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Kerr controlled the pass with her right foot and rounded the goalkeeper before angling in a left-foot shot.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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In the movie’s fuzzy metaphysics, Shelley wills herself into the consciousness of a character named Ida (also played by Buckley), a young woman angling for survival in 1930s Chicago — a colorful, dangerous world of bawdy lotharios and lethal gangsters.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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For rideshare trips, drivers only get about 9% of their pay from tipping.—
Lauren Chapman,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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This refreshing exfoliating toner clears out buildup that can exaggerate uneven texture, thanks to a 4-HA complex (AHA, BHA, PHA, LHA) that sweeps away dead skin cells without tipping into irritation.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
25 Mar. 2026
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The trim and inclining experiment is to confirm the centre of gravity of the submarine and is measured by naval architects in both surfaced and submerged conditions.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Tilting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tilting. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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