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to set or cause to be at an angle
carefully canted the ladder against the wall
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Recent Examples of canting
Bill Springer, Forbes, 6 July 2021
Adjective
To achieve her extremely light displacement, the ClubSwan125 has a deep canting keel to reduce weight and increase righting moment.
—Bill Springer, Forbes, 6 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canting
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The pious townspeople eat food for sustenance, not enjoyment, and for over a decade Babette dutifully prepares a rather drab-looking bread soup for the sisters, per their instructions.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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And yet something about her pious active listening face really gets to Urs.Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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As plans for January premières, luncheons, and awards shows were upended, we were treated to an almost moralistic spectacle of Tinseltown frivolities colliding with the elemental dictates of Mother Nature.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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And understanding that pleasure and pain relief are not necessarily joined at the hip might help the rest of us be less moralistic about adversity in everyday life.Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2024
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Lists are no substitute for criticism, but those who take them as inimical to criticism are pharisaical.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
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David and Samuel explore the U.S. energy sector and evaluate what the future holds in an ESG landscape that has done its very best to bring economic incoherence to its pharisaical agenda.Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 16 Jan. 2022
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Rather than return to her husband’s business, Loeffler dove deeper into politics, founding a nonprofit named Greater Georgia Action, with the goal of registering right-leaning voters and boosting confidence in elections.Dan Alexander, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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His post also included a snap of Woodall leaning over and putting his finger in Fahy’s mouth.Charna Flam, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Jamie Bernstein considers the attitude hypocritical.Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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There are several moments in which Stewart comes off as hypocritical and lacking self-awareness.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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The league, however, does not consider alcohol a performance enhancer, and only the most sanctimonious of voters would hold those challenges against him.Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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If secular voters—or even those who think the place for expressions of faith are better served in a sanctuary than a Nashville convention hall—stopped rewarding such trolling, perhaps the sanctimonious performance art would stop.Philip Elliott, TIME, 20 June 2024
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Personalization is key to effective cold emailing, but doing it wrong can make your emails feel insincere or even drive people away.Samuel Darwin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Carolyn Hax: Do superlative compliments start to feel insincere?Washington Post, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
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Wallace’s fourth victim, Audrey Spain, and his seventh, Vanessa Mack, were killed in almost identical fashion — with double ligatures, says Price, who was lead detective on the Spain case.Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
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Living double lives, find themselves on a treacherous path where escape may be impossible.Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Canting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canting. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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