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as in tilted
inclined or twisted to one side
gave the eavesdropper an oblique glance out of the corner of her eye
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as in sloping
running in a slanting direction
in the painting the artist repeats the oblique line of the path with the oblique line of the outstretched arm
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Recent Examples of oblique
Mark Mendelson’s scenic design, more elaborate than most Rogue Machine offerings, doesn’t achieve the oblique effect of the original production but sets the stage in vivid detail.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The Mariners’ dynamic rotation remains intact, though righty Bryce Miller is expected to open the season on the IL with left oblique inflammation.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Embiid sat out again with a right oblique strain.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Strider felt oblique tightness in his recent Grapefruit League start and then again in a bullpen session.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The Mariners’ dynamic rotation remains intact, though righty Bryce Miller is expected to open the season on the IL with left oblique inflammation.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Embiid sat out again with a right oblique strain.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Strider felt oblique tightness in his recent Grapefruit League start and then again in a bullpen session.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblique
Adjective
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The Escalade also offers a large head up display and a tilted control panel to provide quick access to climate and other functions.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
24 Feb. 2026
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Naturally, Uranus' tilted rotation has a part to play in how auroral activity manifests on the planet.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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As part of his new collection for the brand, Arnold unveiled a new shape—a slightly sloping, almost smile-like pleat that’s simultaneously nonchalant and fully sophisticated.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
13 Feb. 2026
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Their test setup involved a ramp containing sand to simulate sloping dunes on Mars.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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So while ending as a positive, the unit’s minutes were uneven.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sound waves ricocheting between buildings stretched out reverberation times and created an uneven acoustic field.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But anyone who wants to measure one of the photon’s polarizations has to pick one of two ways of measuring it—called rectilinear and diagonal.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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The key is to try similar patterns in different visual weights; here, an ultra-slim pinstripe pant softens the jacket’s medium-width, diagonal stripe details.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
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Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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For the most part, this lineup, chock full of All-Stars and Hall of Famers, has struggled to put up crooked numbers.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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His sloped shoulders suggested bodily power that was sleepy and sly; his large head and dark, badly cut hair amplified the weight and solidity of him, but his lips were sensitive and a little slack, as if yearning for something he’d been long deprived of.—
Mary Gaitskill,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
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The sloped, landscaped half-acre lot offers a terrace and a two-car garage.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Oblique.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblique. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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