slanted; slanting; slants
1
: to take a diagonal course, direction, or path
2
: to turn or incline from a right line or a level : slope
1
: to give an oblique or sloping direction to
2
: to interpret or present in line with a special interest : angle
stories slanted toward youth
especially
: to maliciously or dishonestly distort or falsify
2
a
: something that slants
b
c
: a football running play in which the ballcarrier runs obliquely toward the line of scrimmage
3
a
: a peculiar or personal point of view, attitude, or opinion
b
: a slanting view : glance
slant
adjective
Examples of slant in a Sentence
Verb
The sunlight slanted down through the leaves and branches of the trees.
She slanted her hat a little to the right.
They deliberately slanted the story to make themselves look good.
Noun
The computer keyboard is positioned at a slant so that typing is more comfortable for the wrists.
He sliced the carrots on a slant.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
From then on, the field was slanted in favor of Alvarez.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
From Vogue to National Geographic, her work bridges the worlds of art, industry, and education—all with a socially conscious slant.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Unlike in dictatorships, this tends to involve not overt methods like book burning but quieter techniques such as co-opting media company shareholders to slant their coverage or using limited censorship supposedly designed to fight extremism or child pornography.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
From then on, the field was slanted in favor of Alvarez.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
That wariness led me to reflect on the pro-immigration slant in so much of elite culture.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
From Vogue to National Geographic, her work bridges the worlds of art, industry, and education—all with a socially conscious slant.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Slant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slant. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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slant
noun
: a culture medium solidified obliquely in a tube so as to increase the surface area
a blood-agar slant
compare stab sense 2a
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