as in incline
the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon
the next stretch of the trail had a gentle slope which made it easier to climb
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as in to tilt
to set or cause to be at an angle
they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street
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Recent Examples of slope
Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Whether that’s going to see a show, tossing some axes, cuddling with some cats at a café or racing down the slopes, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
The roads slope downward and the intersections are at odd angles, making the cameras necessary.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
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Noun
While authorities said 11 of the 12 victims were killed in avalanches triggered by exceptionally unstable conditions on ungroomed backcountry slopes, The Associated Press reported a total of 13 deaths.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Whether that’s going to see a show, tossing some axes, cuddling with some cats at a café or racing down the slopes, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
Round cheekbones like a waxing moon, uptilted eyes like a fox's, a nose that sloped sharply downward.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
The roads slope downward and the intersections are at odd angles, making the cameras necessary.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slope
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The world outside Silo residents have little idea what's outside, because their video feed shows nothing but scrub, dead trees, and the corpses of deceased cleaners — everything else is obscured by the incline strategically placed around the entrance to the bunker.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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For incline walking, Higgins recommended starting with three to five days a week, 20 to 30 minutes each, at mostly moderate intensity.—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
6 Feb. 2026
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At one point, the individual appears to tilt their head away from a doorbell camera, hold a flashlight in their mouth and attempt to cover the lens with a gloved hand and what looked like part of a plant pulled from the yard.—
Bradford Betz , Matt Finn,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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In one of the videos, the person tilts their head downward while walking through the home’s front archway.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
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This is because when people lose weight, the body’s natural inclination is to return to its previous weight – a phenomenon called metabolic adaptation.—
Amy J. Sheer,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2026
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The 11 satellites on board are flying to a mid-inclination orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Bashar is on the left, his body slightly angled away, his face uneasy.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Now imagine the same with some of those teary eyes angled down toward glowing screens, while others frame the bride with their phones.—
Nikita Khanna,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2026
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The iconic Tofana Schuss features a 65 percent gradient, with skiers sailing down two massive rocks.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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However, each hue is really three shades apiece; the bottom third of the tower is painted darker than the middle third, and the middle darker than the top so that the paint job looks uniform against the gradient of the blue(ish) sky.—
Drew Goins,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 2026
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Longtime supporters have jumped ship, viewing the LDP as too old-fashioned and center-leaning, and instead flocked to new right-wing parties.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Fischnaller leaned hard on her family, teammates and coaches, as well as her then-boyfriend, now husband, Italian luger Dominik Fischnaller, the two-time Olympic bronze medalist in men’s singles after earning the podium again Sunday in the men’s event.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Slope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slope. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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