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incline

[in-klahyn, in-klahyn, in-klahyn] / ɪnˈklaɪn, ˈɪn klaɪn, ɪnˈklaɪn /






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The stress and emotional aftermath they’re each facing is a tightrope walk … with an incline.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

"I spoke about Paris being a reference point where hopefully we'll see a pretty steep incline in terms of performances," said Doris.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

I’m doing heavy resistance training, or I’m doing incline walking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

My legs are beginning to hurt though and there's that slight incline round the corner.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

It shares roots, of course, with tending—a farmer’s or gardener’s activity—but also with tension, the stretching of a pea tendril to incline it toward sunlight or to train it on an arbor.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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