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to set or cause to be at an angle
angle the camera this way and the Leaning Tower of Pisa will look straight
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Recent Examples of angled
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Instead, the ball stayed in play and bounced off the angled sidewall.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Back then, the tall angled ceilings seemed to soar and the breakfast combos looked mountainous.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The launcher’s pivot mechanism supports both angled and vertical firing modes.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
The arrest warrant describes that room as an 8-by-9-foot storage space with angled ceilings.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Its angled 42mm transducers mimic high-end speaker imaging, while its ultra-lightweight 150-ohm voice coil ensures distortion-free clarity across music and games.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
For the most security, make sure your fence has an angled wire—turkeys can fly or hop over a low fence.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
The angled back is just the right amount of reclined, while the vibrant color is a refreshing reprieve from the season’s verdant landscape.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026
Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 16 May 2026
In contrast, OpenAI’s attorney suggested Musk, who helped create and fund the company, angled early for total control of OpenAI as Altman pushed back to ensure the powerful tech was not dominated by just one person.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
There have been plenty of those — thousands of them, probably — but the sweep of his boot that angled a shot into the back of the net in the 88th minute proved to be the most precious of them all.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Video of the pursuit broadcast on KTLA showed the bear running around the neighborhood as residents kept their distance and park rangers angled for a shot.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
The controller’s matte finish provides a solid connection to the comfortable palm grips, which are angled to naturally position your thumbs easily over the thumbsticks and face buttons.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
Sushi cases are angled towards customers without a sneeze guard.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The rooms The impact of hewn rock, slate, scented Himalayan cedar and pine needs no embellishment in the seven pavilions, whose picture windows are best angled to catch the changing light on Nanda Devi and the Panchachuli peaks.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Depending on how a camera is angled or whether any tricks or special effects are used, celebrities can appear to be nearly any height on-screen.
—Katie Labovitz, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Saints even broke out a high-angled driver, but only got a two count.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Instead, the ball stayed in play and bounced off the angled sidewall.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Back then, the tall angled ceilings seemed to soar and the breakfast combos looked mountainous.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The launcher’s pivot mechanism supports both angled and vertical firing modes.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
The arrest warrant describes that room as an 8-by-9-foot storage space with angled ceilings.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Its angled 42mm transducers mimic high-end speaker imaging, while its ultra-lightweight 150-ohm voice coil ensures distortion-free clarity across music and games.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
For the most security, make sure your fence has an angled wire—turkeys can fly or hop over a low fence.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
The angled back is just the right amount of reclined, while the vibrant color is a refreshing reprieve from the season’s verdant landscape.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
Keough’s $1,690 Alaïa pair kept the front almost bare, with a glossy black thong strap between the toes and a second patent strap angled across the foot.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 16 May 2026
In contrast, OpenAI’s attorney suggested Musk, who helped create and fund the company, angled early for total control of OpenAI as Altman pushed back to ensure the powerful tech was not dominated by just one person.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
There have been plenty of those — thousands of them, probably — but the sweep of his boot that angled a shot into the back of the net in the 88th minute proved to be the most precious of them all.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Video of the pursuit broadcast on KTLA showed the bear running around the neighborhood as residents kept their distance and park rangers angled for a shot.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
The controller’s matte finish provides a solid connection to the comfortable palm grips, which are angled to naturally position your thumbs easily over the thumbsticks and face buttons.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
Sushi cases are angled towards customers without a sneeze guard.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The rooms The impact of hewn rock, slate, scented Himalayan cedar and pine needs no embellishment in the seven pavilions, whose picture windows are best angled to catch the changing light on Nanda Devi and the Panchachuli peaks.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Depending on how a camera is angled or whether any tricks or special effects are used, celebrities can appear to be nearly any height on-screen.
—Katie Labovitz, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angled
Adjective
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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
Verb
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The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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It is tilted with heavyweight matchups.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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But the slightly slanted exterior architecture is just a way to whet your architectural appetite.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2026
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The house’s garden room plays a similar role with a slanted ceiling of glass panels that let natural light filter into the home.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Those who do appreciate that they are allowed to use them to help cover a wide variety of costs, whether that’s paying non-tipped staff like cooks and managers, buying raw materials or tackling health care premiums and credit card fees.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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Under state law, businesses are not allowed to retain proceeds from service fees charged to customers to cover operating costs or supplement wages for non-tipped staff, the Attorney General’s office said.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Now picture all of that placed in the heart of Coronado (population 20,192), which sits next to Naval Air Station North Island and is known for attracting well-heeled retirees.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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She was seen at a hotel wearing bright white sneakers to complement her light pink Chanel look, and at the photo call itself showcased a neutral open-toe heeled sandal.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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From lambs with quizzically cocked eyebrows, to lambs whose wooly coats are made of flower petals, to lambs that simply defy description.—
Deena Prichep,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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The actor Nicholas Christopher—brawny, bald, with a perpetually cocked eyebrow that brings to mind Yul Brynner—strode through the aisles of Tashkent Supermarket in Brighton Beach one afternoon.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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On the walls hung vertical scrolls of Chinese calligraphy.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Floor maltings still running the traditional way, coopers making barrels on site, a 30-year vertical tasting conducted without theatrics.—
Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Most models are usually inclined to speculate answers because simply avoiding answering will motivate the users to question the model’s capabilities.—
Mohamed Suliman,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
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Bloomberg’s sources suggested that Apple was happy to partner with OpenAI as its own AI projects failed to launch but over time became less inclined to boost ChatGPT after learning about OpenAI’s plans to make its own device that could rival the iPhone.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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“Angled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angled. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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