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slant

[slant, slahnt] / slænt, slɑnt /






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More notable than the volume of Friday’s expiration is the heavy slant toward puts.

From MarketWatch Mar. 19, 2026

That is just solid legal analysis that really should not have a partisan or ideological slant.

From Slate Jan. 10, 2026

Images slope and slant, capturing the listing movement of the ship deck.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

Other responses, like the ones from the New York Times and Business Insider, had a similarly demeaning slant.

From Salon Apr. 26, 2025

A thousand feet up the immense slant of the Lhotse Face, I ascended a faded nylon rope that seemed to go on forever, and the higher I got, the more lag- gardly I moved.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Johnny and his sidekick, Ed McMahon, gave adults a relaxing reprieve from the stresses of everyday living by offering light humor without any negative slants.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

PragerU also has materials that avoid partisan slants, including videos explaining the Electoral College and the offices of the president and vice president.

From Scientific American Aug. 7, 2023

Ward, though, doesn’t want to just toss slants to those guys.

From Seattle Times Jul. 22, 2023

It still has buildings and houses full of curves and purposefully disjointed slants, but overall Toontown has been ever-so-slightly grounded in Disneyland’s comforting, welcoming version of reality.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2023

I was still arguing with her when the taxi pulled up at the curb, long slants of rain illumined in the headlights and the tires throwing up low fans of water.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The protected vistas have forced modern developers to shave the tops off skyscrapers or adopt slanted silhouettes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Other options underscored how slanted the questionnaire were: “trophy wife/rich partner, never working,” “ultra-successful, independent, famous —even if single” and “partnered, childfree, building a creative career, traveling together.”

From Salon Apr. 13, 2026

The plan, which was heavily slanted towards Moscow's demands, was subsequently revised.

From BBC Nov. 27, 2025

Both stations called it unfair to label their news coverage as slanted when the majority of stories focus on nonideological topics.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2025

Stepping inside, one found oneself in a small living room with slanted walls and dormer windows.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Soldiers cordoned off the area before using dynamite to blast the first ruined building apart -- a 12-story residential tower that had partially collapsed and was slanting toward the street.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

The slanting sides of the work appear as a yawing, rusted ship.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

The slanting afternoon light lends his ascent a spooky, otherworldly glow.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2024

Generally, a prefabricated model will be about 18 inches tall on the highest side, its lid slanting downward to a foot or lower.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2023

She looked out over the flat roofs, uneven in height, broken once in a while by a slanting roof from a house left over from older times.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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