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placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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Team leads need to recognize and celebrate the career lattice—employees' ability to move vertically, horizontally and even diagonally within the organization.
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Chelsea C. Williams, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Cut egg roll wrappers in half diagonally to form 2 triangles.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
The large, angled handkerchief is a subtle formal echo of the drapery opening diagonally above Mariana’s head.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Ingebrigtsen ran ever so slightly diagonally to cut across Kerr and force him wider in a last-ditch effort to stay first.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
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Chelsea C. Williams, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Cut egg roll wrappers in half diagonally to form 2 triangles.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
The large, angled handkerchief is a subtle formal echo of the drapery opening diagonally above Mariana’s head.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Ingebrigtsen ran ever so slightly diagonally to cut across Kerr and force him wider in a last-ditch effort to stay first.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for diagonally
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diagonally. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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