tangent
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Richard Jones, co-founder and publisher for Tangent Books in Bristol, said hardback brings huge financial value to the industry.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Tangent should be Mike Leach’s middle name, not Charles, which doesn’t seem to fit.
From Fox News • Oct. 4, 2021
At the end of the mock election, with over 100 votes cast, the machine produced the totals and the winner of the two-man race: the Dark Tangent.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2018
“I think an alias helps you get more recognition — sort of like how The Dark Tangent has his.”
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2018
That the Arch of a Circle must be allowed to be sometimes Shorter than its Chord, and sometimes longer than its Tangent: 3.
From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry
Vocabulary lists containing tangent
Common Senses: Tact, Tang ("Touch")
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 1
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Geometry - High School
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