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noun

plural of slant

as in slopes

the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon the road has just enough of a slant to make bicycling up it a little strenuous

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as in viewpoints

a way of looking at or thinking about something an interesting slant on the problem of underage drinking

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slants

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verb

present tense third-person singular of slant

as in distorts

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of reporters who slant the truth in order to push a political agenda

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as in tilts

to set or cause to be at an angle a ramp slanted at a 20 degree angle

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Recent Examples of slants

Noun

Most of his catches in camp have come on slants, including Thursday, when his play strength was best put to use. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026 And two of the par-4 holes are drivable to big hitters, including the signature 14th that slants straight down towards the Pacific. — Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The Giants can be excused for indulging in that moment of nostalgia, but the reality is it’s been a long time since Beckham was the unstoppable force from those clips who routinely caught slants and broke 60-yard touchdowns. — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 2 June 2026 Third round receiver Malachi Fields, who had a bad downfield drop but made some good catches on slants over the middle, noted that Harbaugh has been helping rookies understand the new demands of this next level. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026 However, slants and quick first steps beat him to the spot in the run game. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 Like Coleman, Boston’s size (6-4, 210) and physicality enable him to win more than his fair share of jump balls, but the Huskie wideout is also a polished route-runner, especially on slants and comebacks. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026 Yann LeCun’s Bell Labs team trained a neural network on thousands of digit samples with varying slants and handwriting pressure. — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2025 On that side of the field, Sutton and Franklin ran double slants to create traffic in the middle of the field. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025

Verb

The next day David and I drive across Northern Italy as the rain slants downward. — Thessaly La Force, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slants

Noun

As rain falls on the dry, arid slopes in the region, large volumes of water can quickly flow into creeks and waterways.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
The honeypot sites of royal Rajasthan—spliced by the brown slopes of the Aravalli Range, the state emerged after Partition from a mosaic of 22 feudal kingdoms—are so many people’s taster to India.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of slopes

Noun

Those differing responses, paradoxically, hint at an underlying confluence of viewpoints – that safeguarding the growth and development of children and teenagers is not a one-and-done deal, left to individual court cases or settlements.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026
Cézanne returned to the area repeatedly, painting it from different viewpoints and in different seasons.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of viewpoints

Verb

Because of its large field of view, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help researchers better understand dark matter by capturing how the phenomenon's gravity bends light and distorts a galaxy's shape.

— Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Saliva collects at the mouthpiece and distorts the notes, making the blasts sound hoarse and off-pitch.

— Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of distorts

Verb

Pelvic tilts When instructed to stay in one place, our pelvis, seeking comfort, can tilt itself into an anterior (towards the front of your body) or posterior (towards the back of your body) position.

— Sophia Dyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
This piece then dramatically tilts down joining the rest of the track before the ride car rockets down the vertical drop.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of tilts

Noun

Cows amble in the distance along the inclines of meadows; their grazing helps control invasive plants.

— Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
Bert McCarty, a Clemson University professor of turfgrass science and management, said golfers like how top courses are so different — from incorporating the ocean in places near beaches to relying on inclines in the mountains.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of inclines

Noun

Most of the time, people come with their pre-existing views and biases, repeat them out loud, close their minds to alternative perspectives, and go home even more sure of their ways.

— Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Serving in another field or capacity, pursuing a hobby or getting immersed in a new discipline or art, especially for those in creative spaces, can impart unique and valuable perspectives that inform one’s whole approach to work.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of perspectives

Verb

If the public agrees with the FTC’s plan, personalized pricing could be found to violate the FTC Act when a seller misrepresents a price as static or widely available when it is actually personalized.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
Still, that correction has been used to manipulate the study data in a way that significantly misrepresents miscarriage risk associated with Covid-19 vaccinations.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of misrepresents

Verb

Adapting to the 20,000-seat Garden, Styles’s stage is a more streamlined semi-circle that still angles for maximum access, plus a little pop.

— Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
Outdoor curtains lend some privacy while providing a bit of shade when the sun angles in at sunrise and sunset.

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 23 June 2026

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