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heeled

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verb

past tense of heel
as in tilted
to set or cause to be at an angle the strong gust heeled the sailboat almost to the point of capsizing, but we managed to right it

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Verb
  • Wartime letters sent by my father to my mother at her family home in Chicago, written in his own hand on Navy letterhead, the precise print of an engineer, angled slightly to the right.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Midcentury tissue box covers feature clerestory windows, angled rooflines,and patterned concrete block designs.
    Eric Noll, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Rookie Dalton Knecht, a glaring defensive liability at times, has seen his minutes decrease over the past month as the Lakers have leaned more into the defense of Max Christie, Gabe Vincent and Cam Reddish on the perimeter.
    Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The Knicks, by contrast, leaned heavily on their starters once again.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 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
  • Industry insiders are divided over whether NBCU’s restructuring would usher another wave of vertical integration.
    Peter White, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
  • One of those priorities has been vertical videos, which have become important to media organizations because they can be viewed easily on mobile phones.
    Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Heeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heeled. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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