tangent
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At the same time, it was telling that a common reaction to Landry’s tangent was:
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
"Some of them will run straight, some of them will not start at all, some of them will go off on a tangent or bite each other," she explained.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025
Maher tried to ask a follow-up after Conway went on a tangent about Hillary Clinton, whose presidential campaign ended almost eight years ago, before being interrupted.
From Salon • May 4, 2024
Each word might spring the narrator into a new scene or tangent — or serve as a barb to hang her up for a page or paragraph.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023
“But that is quite enough wondering about that,” she told herself, for they had arrived at the gates of the palace, and it was no time to go off on a tangent.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing tangent
Common Senses: Tact, Tang ("Touch")
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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Geometry - High School
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