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a
: one of the sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a zigzag course
b
: one of the short straight lines or sections of a zigzag course at an angle to a zig
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Examples of zag in a Sentence
Verb
the crowd roared as the clown on the bicycle zagged while the other clowns, in hot pursuit, zigged
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Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
The swoops of cucumber tendrils and the zags of carnation leaves are examples of inherent, ubiquitous plant movements called circumnutations – from the Latin circum, meaning circle, and nutare, meaning to nod.
—Chantal Nguyen, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
Brett Owens, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
The series’s willingness to blow up relationships, reveal hidden secrets, and zig the plot one way after setting it up to zag the other way give it a lot of options.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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Noun
As a result, the trajectory toward the moon (and beyond) zigs and zags.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
The swoops of cucumber tendrils and the zags of carnation leaves are examples of inherent, ubiquitous plant movements called circumnutations – from the Latin circum, meaning circle, and nutare, meaning to nod.
—Chantal Nguyen, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
Verb
In theory, that means when the market zigs, OHI actually zags, albeit by just a little.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
The series’s willingness to blow up relationships, reveal hidden secrets, and zig the plot one way after setting it up to zag the other way give it a lot of options.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for zag
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“Zag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zag. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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