tangent
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But as any viewer of his HBO series, “How to With John Wilson,” will know, he is a master, probably unequaled, of the art of the tangent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
After the reflecting pool tangent, Trump signed executive orders on US customs and protections for civil servants.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
"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
I had a phone call with an FBI agent and the U.S. attorney in San Diego on a tangent for this case.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2024
The misery began when I moved beyond the Pythagorean theorem to sine, cosine and tangent.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
His non sequiturs and off-topic tangents can be frustrating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
That's when he's not veering off into bizarre tangents.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
We’ll come back to it, but first, a few tangents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
In Ireland, the stories are almost never simple, and tend to involve seemingly irrelevant tangents and extended detours into the past.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024
He knew he couldn't tell stories, that he always included extraneous details and tangents that interested only him.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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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