tangential
Example Sentences
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Filburn, a 1942 case in which the Supreme Court said a farmer growing wheat to feed his own livestock might have tangential effects on the interstate market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
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
Other tangential ways to play the issue are with European defense stocks or critical minerals companies.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
Coming from an Allison Williams movie, a tangential query popped into my head: Is everyone a Marnie now?
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2025
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
Vocabulary lists containing tangential
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Common Senses: Tact, Tang ("Touch")
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "T"
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