tangent

Example Sentences

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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

It’s worth noting that Coelen offered this perspective unasked, and as a tangent to a conversation about the relationship “Love Is Blind” participants have to broader social and political conversations simmering throughout American culture.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

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

Does the slope of the tangent line have any meaning?

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife