diagonal
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Bellingham left his right central midfield position to make the diagonal run in behind DR Congo's right-back when Rashford got the ball - the same pattern that resulted in goals for England against Panama.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Walking in these diagonal directions, as well as 5 feet in the straight compass directions, shows that many pairs of dots on this giant chessboard are exactly 5 feet apart.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
SpotGamma explains that a put diagonal spread combines the sale of a shorter-dated put with the purchase of a longer-dated put at a different strike price.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
The chip is giant, taking up an entire 300 millimeter silicon wafer, almost a foot long across the chip’s diagonal line.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Using the same yardstick, we see that the diagonal gets...well, almost 34 segments, but it doesn’t come out quite evenly.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing diagonal
Check It Out, Mate: Chess Vocabulary
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 2
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Geometry - High School
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