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Etymologies
- Alteration of obsolete slent, from Middle English slenten, to fall aslant, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.
Examples
“A firm that "slants" numbers is going to quickly be out of business.”
“The old man could not walk in a straight line; but he tacked from one side of the walk to the other, taking long "slants" across the walk, first touching the iron balustrade of a step on one hand, and then bringing up at a post on the edge of the curb.”
“For a full exposition of how infantile and stupid an intelligent man can be when prejudiced see this argument and his other 'slants' on this issue on the abc / insiders website.”
“When that same newspaper covers stories of political unrest in Ireland in which Irish Republicans are involved, it 'slants' the story and any photographs to suit its own political agenda: an article like the above would be titled something along the lines of”
“slants" on the battlefields of Southeast Asia to the oppression, impoverishment, imprisoning and lynching of dispensable blacks in America.”
“Disregard the increased maintenance and construction costs for curves and slants.”
“It slants down from all sides to a smaller hole at the bottom.”
“They are ALL the same in general, but with different slants on the SOS … only in the extreme matters does it show up as to whether it is right-wing or left-wing … they are both wings of the same political vehicle with blurred lines all the way from one side to the other.”
“A challenge, since most news and commentary slants either left or right.”
The Huffington Post: Arthur Bruzzone: Campaign 2012: From 2D, to 3D Fusion Politics
“It slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular.”
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