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
Redick then followed the tangent when asked why it was “unfortunate.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 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
“You know when a man lives alone as much as I do, his mind can go olf on an irrational tangent just because his social world is out of kilter.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
That's when he's not veering off into bizarre tangents.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
We’ll come back to it, but first, a few tangents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
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
Instead, he relates a tale that occasionally incorporates storytelling flourishes like flashbacks, elaborate tangents or imagined conversations by others in his absence.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
She smoked and talked and ate for an hour without stopping, and I scribbled in my notebook as the muddy waters of tangents and cosines began to clarify.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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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