tangent
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After the reflecting pool tangent, Trump signed executive orders on US customs and protections for civil servants.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Reflecting that quirky organization, the book ends on tangent rather than a big wrap-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
This is a bit of a tangent, but go with me for a second.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025
"Some of them will run straight, some of them will not start at all, some of them will go off on a tangent or bite each other," she explained.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025
As your approximations of the tangent lines get better and better, the points on the curve you use to create the approximations get closer together.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
This comprehensive research never weighs down his account with tangents or trivia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
They go on tangents about Palmer introducing Whitehall to the 1997 film “Soul Food,” which Whitehall proceeded to reference on set.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026
His segments include references to scandals from the Clinton era, tangents about the workings of the American Bar Association, and detailed breakdowns of the electoral politics of individual states.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025
A dilettante prone to colorful tangents, he sees Molly as an object of fascination and a personal cause.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
He was always the model of old-fashioned manners, of course, but he could go off on strange and interesting tangents of conversation that I think Mother didn’t always find suitable in polite company.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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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