diagonal
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A different method of using diagonal play to attack was witnessed in Ecuador's loss to Ivory Coast.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 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
A fastback design calls for a roughly diagonal profile and backlight glass sloping from the trailing edge of the roofline to the deck lid, a feature nowhere in sight.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 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
In other words, the diagonal of that square is irrational—and nowadays we recognize that number as the square root of two.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Geometry - High School
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