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slant

noun as in angle, slope

verb as in change to suit; distort

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Those policies—and how they’re enforced—are what upset opponents such as billionaire Musk, White House AI czar David Sacks and others who don’t like its perceived slant.

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Despite the film’s eerie setting filled with slanting shadows, splattered blood and furtive movements darting just out of frame, Indy provides a visual oasis – thanks to a warm golden coat accented with white markings.

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“They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people in those files,” Schnitt predicted, claiming the would-be report “very slanted.”

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Critics said the pose resembled the racist "slanted eye" historically used to mock Asians.

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There is a sense of familiarity in the oak floorboards and the slanted sunlight within Chan’s thoughtfully designed space.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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