diagonal
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"My work presents a new three-dimensional model for the magnetic field reversal. From Earth, this would appear as the diagonal that we observe in the data," Booth explains.
From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026
She was holding a cup of coffee and a homemade turkey sandwich — white bread, cut on the diagonal, slathered with Kewpie mayo and layered with lettuce — tucked into a brown paper bag.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026
He also envisions a novel structural system: divide the building into eight-story modules, where the loads of each module are transferred by diagonal braces to the main columns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The fourth goal came in stoppage time when Berterame finished off a diagonal cross from the right.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
Our hotel is a thirty-story pyramid with diagonal elevators.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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