at a slant
They held their spears at a slant.

different, modern, new
negative, positive
definite, obvious
The story has a definite liberal slant to it.

overall (esp. AmE)
the overall slant of newspaper coverage of the campaign

your own, personal, unique
editorial
ideological, political
conservative, feminist, left-wing, liberal, rightward (esp. AmE), etc.

give sth, have, put, take
He puts his own particular slant on everything.

with a … slant
an article with a right-wing slant

slant on
That's a different slant on the causes of the war.

slant to
The story gives a new slant to his character.

a/sb's slant on things
I've tried to put my own slant on things, even in the early songs.