tangential

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Other tangential ways to play the issue are with European defense stocks or critical minerals companies.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

It ranges from the greenest to the dirtiest, from established technologies to speculative ones, and even includes companies that play tangential roles in the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

He encouraged an even stricter adherence to the main narrative, and Adam and I set about cutting 20 minutes of tangential jokes and adding 30 or so new minutes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

There's an organization called Youth for Wallace, a tangential part of the campaign, it's organized more or less separately, and after Wallace's defeat it becomes an organization called the National Youth Alliance.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024

The Coriolis effect happens because of the difference between these two tangential velocities.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd