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tilted

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verb

past tense of tilt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tilted
Adjective
  • Manaea was initially shut down in February with the right oblique strain, then suffered a setback in early April when inflammation in the muscle required a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
  • The 28-year-old right-hander is returning from an oblique strain that removed him from the starting competition in spring training.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
Adjective
  • Read More: The Healthiest Way to Clean Your House Check the base of the unit, too: Dirt can settle underneath, making the entire thing uneven, leading to performance issues and major repairs down the road, Drew says.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2025
  • The American game was largely insular, coaching education uneven, and infrastructure limited.
    Lee Igel, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • Floating vanity mirrors are angled to reflect the hillside beyond.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The evidence against Mayers was sparse, mainly consisting of a few indistinct and inconveniently angled surveillance videos.
    Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Throughout the film, newspaper headlines and snippets of TV contextualize the story against the backdrop of anti-Vietnam demonstrations, colleges retaliating to student campus protests and aggressive policing, along with glimpses of Richard Nixon’s crooked grin.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
  • The moon's insides are crooked thanks to the near side being some 306 degrees Fahrenheit hotter at depth than its counterpart on the lunar far side.
    Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • But the jail was at the center of public discussions leading up to the vote, and both supporters and opponents leaned heavily on that in urging voters to cast ballots for or against the tax measure.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In a time when Black men were often boxed into stereotypes of toughness and stoicism, Wally leaned into warmth.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • While many local governments are leading the way with higher minimum wages, tipped workers still often earn less than the regular wage, the think tank notes.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The chart below highlights minimum wages in 2024 and 2025, including tipped wages, their most recent increases, and the factors driving these changes.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Lastly, in relation to the ongoing (and increasingly skewed) yin/yang of offense vs. defense, pushing sometimes feels like an unfair advantage.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • Francis began to connect the dots, albeit with a perhaps misguided sense of self-worth and skewed ambition.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • High school students who sat through virtual classes during the pandemic may have been inclined to flock south for a more authentic college experience.
    Thomas Oide, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Employees who are naturally inclined toward exaggeration will learn that drama doesn’t work in your environment.
    Mark Murphy, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Tilted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tilted. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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