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diagonal

[dahy-ag-uh-nl, -ag-nl] / daɪˈæg ə nl, -ˈæg nl /
ADJECTIVE
having an oblique direction
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
askew beveled cater-corner cater-cornered catercorner catty-cornered kitty-corner kitty-cornered skewing slanting transversal transverse


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That would give De Zerbi another route against deep defensive blocks, through diagonal passes, back-post crosses or more direct balls when opponents restrict Spurs' build-up play.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Ms. Stevens, who spent the campaign avoiding the subject of Mr. El-Sayed’s not-quite-spoken animus, last week ventured a diagonal allusion to it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

When short options are not viable, Nyland's get-out-of-jail-free card is 6ft 5in Alexander Sorloth who Norway play on the right wing as a wide targetman for long diagonal balls.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Walking in these diagonal directions, as well as 5 feet in the straight compass directions, shows that many pairs of dots on this giant chessboard are exactly 5 feet apart.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

A three-by-three magic square adds up to fifteen no matter which way you look—up, down or diagonal.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

For once there was a justification for Mr. Koolhaas’s sportive diagonals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

He will sit deep when required and push high when he can; will play neat possession football in some fixtures and tell his players to hit longer diagonals out to the wide men in others.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

The result is a strikingly fantastical depiction of the city now known as Beijing, using, Hockney added, “harsh edges, strong diagonals, mad perspectives.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

Six colors - red, black, green, pink, yellow and blue - are layered in exactly the same order, only now in horizontal stripes instead of the Netherlands-created One Love’s diagonals.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

I watch the droplets slide in tapering diagonals across the window.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli




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