tangent

But as any viewer of his HBO series, “How to With John Wilson,” will know, he is a master, probably unequaled, of the art of the tangent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

After the reflecting pool tangent, Trump signed executive orders on US customs and protections for civil servants.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

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

Mathematicians ignored the logical and philosophical troubles with adding infinite zeros—especially since indivisibles or infinitesimals, as they came to be called, finally solved a long-standing puzzle: the problem of the tangent.

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

This comprehensive research never weighs down his account with tangents or trivia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They go on tangents about Palmer introducing Whitehall to the 1997 film “Soul Food,” which Whitehall proceeded to reference on set.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026

I didn’t have the good sense to note the context of my favorite opening tangents, or what day a particularly goofy segment aired.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025

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