slanting 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of slantingnext
as in tilted
inclined or twisted to one side an old, torn flag hanging from a slanting flagpole

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slanting

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verb

present participle of slant
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as in distorting
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 sloping
to set or cause to be at an angle a ramp slanted at a 20 degree angle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slanting
  1. uneven
  2. crooked
  3. leaning
  4. oblique
  5. angling
Adjective
  • Blazy succeeds Virginie Viard, who exited Chanel last June after an uneven five-year tenure.
    WWD, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Increasingly popular renewable energy sources like wind and solar often produce uneven power supplies, creating peaks and valleys.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of uneven
Adjective
  • The pardon was a political bombshell that Republicans have used to further President-elect Donald Trump's claims that the Justice Department has been weaponized against him and that the Biden family has been crooked for years.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Caravans of cars traveled from Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia and Ohio to clinics here, loading up on pills and prescriptions from crooked doctors selling their prescription pads to anyone with so much as a hangnail.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of crooked
Verb
  • That’s now changing, with North American manufacturers leaning into emerging technologies to compete on new fronts, including precision, sophistication, speed, efficiency and creativity.
    Chris Turlica, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Since your brain is already wired to connect, leaning into that tendency offers multiplicative potential.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of leaning
Adjective
  • Despite missing both of their top scorers — Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner — due to oblique injuries, the Magic mucked the game up early and often.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Arch stepped in and started three games this season when Quinn Ewers got hurt and missed time with an oblique injury.
    Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of oblique
Verb
  • The team is now angling for the top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Raskin, of Maryland, is leaving the post and angling to be the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of angling
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slanting

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