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
This is a bit of a tangent, but go with me for a second.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 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
The method of fluxions not only solved the tangent problem, it also solved the area problem.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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
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
In fact, for a moment, it was almost like we were listening to her again at one of her morning assemblies as she drifted off on tangents none of us could follow.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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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