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inclines

  • plural
    of incline.
    incline
    verb (used without object)
    to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
  • present tense form
    of incline (3rd person singular).
    incline
    verb (used without object)
    to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.

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How did trucks and tourists and Californians manage the uphills and downhills among inclines and ridges that could be windy or icy or foggy, sometimes all at once?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Mr. Waterfield inclines toward Hobbes’s “they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

There are a couple of entr’actes in which the clown, teased by his former supervisor, inclines toward the Grinchy.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

He is rarity - as a mountainous country Eritrea mostly produces "climbers", cyclists who race especially well on steep inclines.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024

Asase inclines her head and turns to me.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer