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
Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Plant a ground cover, such as blue rug juniper on steep slopes where sowing grass seed is problematic.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 3 Apr. 2026
Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
Jost, who also submitted comments to the MPCA on her own behalf, noted that major flooding could someday spread hazardous waste that is buried dozens of feet down, and the site could eventually pose a threat to slope stability.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Meghan took to social media Thursday, April 2, to share a video of her husband and their son Prince Archie, 6, swerving down the slopes.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Plant a ground cover, such as blue rug juniper on steep slopes where sowing grass seed is problematic.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
But by stabilizing and then regrouping constructively, Interdigital has now traced out a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders pattern with an upward-sloping neckline.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
Jost, who also submitted comments to the MPCA on her own behalf, noted that major flooding could someday spread hazardous waste that is buried dozens of feet down, and the site could eventually pose a threat to slope stability.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slope
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Gontang notes that walking on an incline can make a substantial difference because walking uphill requires more muscle activation and greater energy expenditure than walking on a flat surface.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Pitchers throw every day in season between competition days, bullpens, flat ground sessions and box drills off of an incline from 35 feet out.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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In practical terms, this eliminates the need to tilt or bank to change direction, allowing the platform to maintain stability while executing aggressive maneuvers.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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For 1 in 23 people, Tuesday is also brown, tilted to the left, and tastes metallic.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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The 11 satellites on board are flying to a mid-inclination orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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The natural inclination, then, might be to try to ridicule the conspiracy believer into feeling enough shame to abandon their belief, but this often only drives them toward it.—
Mike Rothschild,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Weisswange glanced around at the machines on either side of us, all of them waiting for repairs, their tracks unchained and gun barrels angled upward.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Jung Hoo Lee, who’s still learning Oracle Park’s right field, overran Paul Goldschmidt’s base hit down the right-field line that caromed off the short, angled side wall in foul territory, allowing a single to become a double.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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In the Arctic, temperature gradients and thermal convection are the dominant drivers of atmospheric turbulence.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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These wind gusts are usually the product of strong pressure gradients or large changes in pressure over short distances.—
Ray Petelin,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The viral video appeared to take that emphasis to an extreme, leaning heavily into dramatic editing choices more commonly associated with cinematic productions than traditional albums.—
Claire Dodds,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Members of the faith known widely as the Mormon church have always leaned Republican.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Slope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slope. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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