tangential

Example Sentences

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The connection between the two is tangential, except for this: Markets across the globe are in a panic.

From New York Times

These lowbrow gags seem perfunctory, though, and tangential to the overall story.

From Washington Post

The Yiannopoulos conversation takes up only a minute or two of the “Witch Trials” episode, and it’s tangential to what I set out to write about.

From Washington Post

Odell is a wide-ranging reader, and her writing bounces from citation to citation, sometimes in the service of questions that, while generative, can feel tangential.

From Washington Post

Men exist here, but they’re tangential, sidelined by their anger or their sorrow or their careless habit of dying.

From Washington Post