diagonal
Example Sentences
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The display of the biggest iPhone now is more than double the diagonal length of the original.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
"But, in the Sagittarius Arm, it's going counterclockwise. We didn't understand how the transition occurred. Then one day, Anna brought in some data, and I went, 'O.M.G., the reversal's diagonal!'"
From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026
She was holding a cup of coffee and a homemade turkey sandwich — white bread, cut on the diagonal, slathered with Kewpie mayo and layered with lettuce — tucked into a brown paper bag.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026
The fourth goal came in stoppage time when Berterame finished off a diagonal cross from the right.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
Tris crouches on the ground inside, shoulder to shoulder with Christina and diagonal from Cara.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing diagonal
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Geometry - High School
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