tangent
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After the reflecting pool tangent, Trump signed executive orders on US customs and protections for civil servants.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
At the same time, it was telling that a common reaction to Landry’s tangent was:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
"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
Ordinarily Penelope would have been very proud of his pteridomaniacal expertise, but at the word “letter” her mind had skipped off on a tangent from which it had not yet returned.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
The tangents, the idiosyncrasies of the hosts and the glimpses of private life leave listeners feeling connected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
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
Our conversation goes on many tangents — the sitcom “Designing Women,” the Oscar race, the musical “Wicked.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
A dilettante prone to colorful tangents, he sees Molly as an object of fascination and a personal cause.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
He was always the model of old-fashioned manners, of course, but he could go off on strange and interesting tangents of conversation that I think Mother didn’t always find suitable in polite company.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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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