Slant
noun
A line, direction, or path that is not horizontal or vertical; an angle.
The architect drew the roof with a slant.
Often appears as...
- with a slant
- slant of light
noun
A way of looking at something that is influenced by how you feel.
The newspaper gave a conservative slant to the news story.
Often appears as...
- conservative slant
- liberal slant
verb
To lie or move at an angle instead of in a straight line.
The handwriting was slanted to the left.
Often appears as...
- slant to the left
- slant to the right
verb
To present information in a way that shows a particular viewpoint.
He slanted his report to highlight the positive aspects.
Often appears as...
- slant the report
- slant the news
noun
A line, direction, or path that is not horizontal or vertical; an angle.
The architect drew the roof with a slant.
Often appears as...
- with a slant
- slant of light
noun
A way of looking at something that is influenced by how you feel.
The newspaper gave a conservative slant to the news story.
Often appears as...
- conservative slant
- liberal slant
verb
To lie or move at an angle instead of in a straight line.
The handwriting was slanted to the left.
Often appears as...
- slant to the left
- slant to the right
verb
To present information in a way that shows a particular viewpoint.
He slanted his report to highlight the positive aspects.
Often appears as...
- slant the report
- slant the news
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Angles
Used to describe physical objects that have an angled surface or shape.
The picture frame hung with a distinct slant.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Flat
Emphasizes that something is inclined, not flat or even - can refer to terrain or surfaces.
The hill's slant made it difficult to climb.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Angles
Used to describe physical objects that have an angled surface or shape.
The picture frame hung with a distinct slant.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Flat
Emphasizes that something is inclined, not flat or even - can refer to terrain or surfaces.
The hill's slant made it difficult to climb.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Angles
Used to describe physical objects that have an angled surface or shape.
The picture frame hung with a distinct slant.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Flat
Emphasizes that something is inclined, not flat or even - can refer to terrain or surfaces.
The hill's slant made it difficult to climb.
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Tiny Turtles Getting Big...
these bars like shrimp and small fish go through the bars and on towards the back of the net where they're caught in the back anything larger than the spaces between these bars it was designed for turtles but it also works for sharks and large fish because the current is pushing on them and the bars are kind of slanted it pushes them down towards this
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Why pasta comes in all...
I mean, really, wouldn't you go crazy? So fresh and dry, but then, there's also long and short. And then within those families, there's even more diversity. Let's talk about some really classical types of short pasta. Penne -- we all know them, right? They are cut at a slanted angle, perfect to pick up some of the sauce.
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Ray Kurzweil: Get ready...
but the non-biological portion is subject to my law of accelerating returns. It will grow exponentially. And remember what happens the last time we expanded our neocortex? That was two million years ago when we became humanoids and developed these large foreheads. Other primates have a slanted brow.
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How Finding Blue Whale...
that we'd tracked all night long. I could hear their sounds eminating from the pilot house below me, but I just couldn't see them. I knew what I was looking for, this short lofty blow slanted off to the left hand side, super characteristic of sperm whale. I searched and I looked for hours
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Compelling Models for...
centerpiece of Darwin's theory is obviously sexual selection and it was very much slanted towards the way males compete for females and that again it's quite easy to document and to see because it's dramatic it's heads butting and I think that has skewed science and
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What Wikipedia Teaches...
and the slant of those articles. Recognizing this by being intentional about undoing some of these systems that were actively excluding people and doing the hard work of actually rebuilding them so that more people would feel welcome in the conversation,
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The building of...
and together those two men installed uhnot Minh in the cupola slant urn this created the world's largest sundial and they were able to recalculate the summer solstice then those astronomical calculations
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Imprisoned in Pakistan PIPE...
was beginning to do stories with an Islamic slant as a British born aged myself either certain affinity with these young guys and when I was interviewing um I could speak to them in their own language
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Matthew Carter: My life...
The bitmap looks jagged and rough. It is jagged and rough. But I discovered, by experiment, that there is an optimum slant for an italic on a screen so the strokes break well at the pixel boundaries.
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Truck Stop Drifters PIPE...
trying to get him some fun together that was the issue he was slanted on Duda in a bad way I'm gonna let the Lord help how you gonna do that thank you money oh all right hey prayer
Video examples
Tiny Turtles Getting Big...
these bars like shrimp and small fish go through the bars and on towards the back of the net where they're caught in the back anything larger than the spaces between these bars it was designed for turtles but it also works for sharks and large fish because the current is pushing on them and the bars are kind of slanted it pushes them down towards this
Video examples
Why pasta comes in all...
I mean, really, wouldn't you go crazy? So fresh and dry, but then, there's also long and short. And then within those families, there's even more diversity. Let's talk about some really classical types of short pasta. Penne -- we all know them, right? They are cut at a slanted angle, perfect to pick up some of the sauce.
Video examples
Ray Kurzweil: Get ready...
but the non-biological portion is subject to my law of accelerating returns. It will grow exponentially. And remember what happens the last time we expanded our neocortex? That was two million years ago when we became humanoids and developed these large foreheads. Other primates have a slanted brow.
Video examples
How Finding Blue Whale...
that we'd tracked all night long. I could hear their sounds eminating from the pilot house below me, but I just couldn't see them. I knew what I was looking for, this short lofty blow slanted off to the left hand side, super characteristic of sperm whale. I searched and I looked for hours
Video examples
Compelling Models for...
centerpiece of Darwin's theory is obviously sexual selection and it was very much slanted towards the way males compete for females and that again it's quite easy to document and to see because it's dramatic it's heads butting and I think that has skewed science and
Video examples
What Wikipedia Teaches...
and the slant of those articles. Recognizing this by being intentional about undoing some of these systems that were actively excluding people and doing the hard work of actually rebuilding them so that more people would feel welcome in the conversation,
Video examples
The building of...
and together those two men installed uhnot Minh in the cupola slant urn this created the world's largest sundial and they were able to recalculate the summer solstice then those astronomical calculations
Video examples
Imprisoned in Pakistan PIPE...
was beginning to do stories with an Islamic slant as a British born aged myself either certain affinity with these young guys and when I was interviewing um I could speak to them in their own language
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Matthew Carter: My life...
The bitmap looks jagged and rough. It is jagged and rough. But I discovered, by experiment, that there is an optimum slant for an italic on a screen so the strokes break well at the pixel boundaries.
Video examples
Truck Stop Drifters PIPE...
trying to get him some fun together that was the issue he was slanted on Duda in a bad way I'm gonna let the Lord help how you gonna do that thank you money oh all right hey prayer
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Lisa Jakub
Canadian Actress
If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for - someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note - do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today.
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Julio Jones
American Musician
It's one of those things when you're down in the red area, a lot of teams double me. Two-man, guys sit underneath me, so I can't really slant. They have a safety kind of cheated out, as far as the fade balls and things like that. But when we get our opportunities, we've got to make people pay.
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S.E. Cupp
American Journalist
But the rising chorus urging ESPN to change its stripes is missing something: The intersection of sports and politics is natural. And the left-wing lean of ESPN is inevitable. Conservatives bothered by the slant should stop hand-wringing and start their own network.
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Chellie Pingree
American Politician
For too long, the system has been biased in favor of oil and gas developers: sweetheart lease deals, generous subsidies and a regulatory process so slanted in favor of Big Oil that often permit reviews are simply waived.
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Kristen Wiig
American Actress
I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're with other people all skating in a pack, it's a whole different sport.
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John Oliver
British Comedian
If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I'm happy being a comedian.
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Eugene Scalia
American Politician
For a lawyer to shade or slant his legal advice to advance a private agenda is among the gravest betrayals of his solemn duty as an attorney.
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Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
American Actor
I ended up with my life slanted toward television, and I just accept that. I think you play the hand the way it's dealt, that's all.
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Natalie Merchant
American Musician
I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
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Lisa Jakub
Canadian Actress
If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for - someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note - do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today.
Quote examples
Julio Jones
American Musician
It's one of those things when you're down in the red area, a lot of teams double me. Two-man, guys sit underneath me, so I can't really slant. They have a safety kind of cheated out, as far as the fade balls and things like that. But when we get our opportunities, we've got to make people pay.
Quote examples
S.E. Cupp
American Journalist
But the rising chorus urging ESPN to change its stripes is missing something: The intersection of sports and politics is natural. And the left-wing lean of ESPN is inevitable. Conservatives bothered by the slant should stop hand-wringing and start their own network.
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Chellie Pingree
American Politician
For too long, the system has been biased in favor of oil and gas developers: sweetheart lease deals, generous subsidies and a regulatory process so slanted in favor of Big Oil that often permit reviews are simply waived.
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Kristen Wiig
American Actress
I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're with other people all skating in a pack, it's a whole different sport.
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John Oliver
British Comedian
If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I'm happy being a comedian.
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Eugene Scalia
American Politician
For a lawyer to shade or slant his legal advice to advance a private agenda is among the gravest betrayals of his solemn duty as an attorney.
Quote examples
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
American Actor
I ended up with my life slanted toward television, and I just accept that. I think you play the hand the way it's dealt, that's all.
Quote examples
Natalie Merchant
American Musician
I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
Quote examples
Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
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