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- noun Plural form of
slant . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
slant .
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Examples
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A firm that "slants" numbers is going to quickly be out of business.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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"slants" on the battlefields of Southeast Asia to the oppression, impoverishment, imprisoning and lynching of dispensable blacks in America.
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Disregard the increased maintenance and construction costs for curves and slants.
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It slants down from all sides to a smaller hole at the bottom.
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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.
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