slant

Example Sentences

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More notable than the volume of Friday’s expiration is the heavy slant toward puts.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

That is just solid legal analysis that really should not have a partisan or ideological slant.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

Images slope and slant, capturing the listing movement of the ship deck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The slant - caused by subsidence linked to mining - created the illusion that coins, if dropped inside, appeared to roll "uphill".

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

She’d heard Arliss, too, and here she came from the cabin, running down the slant toward the spring, screaming at Arliss, telling him to turn the bear cub loose.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson