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placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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Musk then slapped his chest with his right hand, before flinging it diagonally upwards, palm face down.
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Chad De Guzman, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Saturn is faintest and is diagonally upwards and south from Venus.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Team leads need to recognize and celebrate the career lattice—employees' ability to move vertically, horizontally and even diagonally within the organization.
—Chelsea C. Williams, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Cut egg roll wrappers in half diagonally to form 2 triangles.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Chad De Guzman, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Saturn is faintest and is diagonally upwards and south from Venus.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Team leads need to recognize and celebrate the career lattice—employees' ability to move vertically, horizontally and even diagonally within the organization.
—Chelsea C. Williams, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Cut egg roll wrappers in half diagonally to form 2 triangles.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diagonally. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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