tangential

Example Sentences

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Several of the chapters, about particle accelerators and fusion reactors, take readers on cursory tours of facilities that have at best a tangential connection to space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The MP idea feels a little more tangential than even EU defense stocks.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

This is a bit of a tangential question.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025

Its audience gobbled up not just on-air content, but the tangential albums, video games, concert tickets and apparel, helping bring in billions of dollars in merchandise revenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2024

So, I was listening to him talk and waiting for an opportunity to tell him—but he just kept talking and talking, and it was strange and tangential and boring.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli