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While conventional oblique\u2010angle deposition (OAD) engineers this anisotropy via tilted columnar nanostructures, it is fundamentally limited by morphological instabilities at larger thicknesses. The present study utilises sequential oblique\u2010angle deposition (S\u2010OAD), which overcomes these limitations by fabricating zigzag nanostructures that prevent column merging and introduce periodically repeated high\u2010density interfaces. In this study, the precise influence of these engineered interfaces on macroscopic magnetic behaviour has been systematically studied by increasing the number of zigzag bilayers. 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