as in tilted
inclined or twisted to one side
an old, torn flag hanging from a slanting flagpole
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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 slanting
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Worse, slanting political lines so that one party or the other is guaranteed victory only widens the gulf that has helped turn Washington’s into its current slough of dysfunction.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
In footage shared on social media, verified by Reuters, the large bridge can be seen slanting to one side with people below.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Sun slanting through tree line.
—AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
The ridges all lean the same way, slanting and curving in from the lower left of the frame, which ESA noted reflects the direction of the prevailing wind in this region.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Worse, slanting political lines so that one party or the other is guaranteed victory only widens the gulf that has helped turn Washington’s into its current slough of dysfunction.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
In footage shared on social media, verified by Reuters, the large bridge can be seen slanting to one side with people below.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Sun slanting through tree line.
—AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slanting
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
Verb
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Too many firms are incentivizing rapid rollout over results, distorting responsible deployment.—
K. H. Koehler,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The lens shift, in the vertical direction only, offers similar flexibility for adjusting the projector's height relative to the screen without tilting the projector and distorting the image.—
M. David Stone,
PC Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
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The South by Southwest Music Festival, by comparison, is sloping downward.—
Thor Christensen,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The roughly 2,600-square-foot structure is set into a sloping site and enveloped in the natural landscape along a private road.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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
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Although uncommon, some public figures and health professionals have claimed that the vaccines could cause cancer despite ample contradictory evidence, often by misinterpreting or misrepresenting studies.—
Dannell D. Boatman,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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Hiding or misrepresenting income, or falsifying dependents or deductions, is a criminal offense that can result in prison time.—
Dan Avery,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Starlinks still leave streaks in telescope images, but SpaceX has, after consultations with the astronomy community, managed to reduce the satellites' brightness by using less reflective materials and tilting reflective components like solar panels away from Earth.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The game required Kobrya to guess the price of the trip by tilting a platform with four numbers to show the correct price — either $7,359 or $9,537.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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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Being vocally left-leaning thus provides social status benefits and forms of self-congratulation that being conservative doesn't (if anything, in terms of the broader culture and the opinion-formulating institutions, conservatism tends to be rather lonely and something of a social liability).—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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With Joel Embiid out, Philadelphia was leaning heavily on Andre Drummond and Adem Bona, a pair of more old-school interior anchors that Valanciunas could match up against more conveniently.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Slanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slanting. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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