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square

[skwair] / skwɛər /






NOUN
municipal park
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Set on about 2.19 acres on the Intracoastal Waterway, the house is roughly 18,000 square feet with seven bedrooms, two offices and a fitness room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The square grooves therefore provided a more effective structure for producing force.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The store has close to 46,000 square feet of space and will bring 200 new jobs to the area, a news release said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, Alpine Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly secured a sprawling four-bedroom, four-bathroom sky residence measuring 3,712 square feet, with a listing price of $4.9 million.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lily flips through the newspaper until she recognizes the big square with the astrology signs.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Demonstrations in Marseille in the south and Lyon in the southeast have been banned at the weekend, while in Paris protesters will only be allowed to march a limited route between Bastille and Nation squares.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

After a decade of terrifying squares, avoiding religious stalkers and navigating label purgatory, Twin Temple might finally be at the precipice of what they’ve long manifested — rock stardom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

From the beginning of the republic, they were carried out in town squares across the country.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Demonstrators have been camping in one of the city's main squares, Puerta del Sol, for days.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Unlike the Greeks, the Indians did not see squares in square numbers or the areas of rectangles when they multiplied two different values.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

His jaw was squarer and facial hair thicker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

I’d wager somewhere in that territory, but hopefully it won’t be much longer before we find out the full story — and learn the differences between the Sub Mini and its larger, squarer sibling.

From The Verge ● Jun. 2, 2022

Even the cars' noses are different - Ferrari's narrow and needle-like against the more conventional, squarer ones of Mercedes and Red Bull.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2022

The modern human talonid gives their teeth a squarer outline than those of Neanderthals.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 8, 2022

Or nose-to-forehead, as Junior was shorter and squarer than me.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

America’s most middlebrow casual restaurant, with America’s squarest CEO, selling fried cheese and margaritas and fajita plates that you can eat off for days.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

Who jorts have been claimed by — punk rockers, pop stars and rappers, the squarest middle-aged men on weekends — is simply the narrative sewn on top of the real narrative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

“He thought I was the squarest person and replied, ‘What planet are you from?’”

From Fox News ● Jun. 6, 2019

Dick thought I was Zelda Fitzgerald, and I thought he was the squarest person I ever met.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of them, a very short older man with the squarest, broadest face of orange-brown I’d ever seen, said something to them and they all began leaving.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Offensive linemen squared up against defensive linemen, while running backs took on safeties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Near Earth's surface, little g is approximately 9.8 meters per second squared.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

"We shared the canvas and pushed each other to be our absolute best inside the squared ring. A true warrior and champion. Rest in peace, champ. Prayers with your family and loved ones," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Last December, throngs of supporters and foes squared off at a raucous Metro board meeting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

But in a day I will have squared things with the Court of Shadows.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Both offer compelling tools for squaring the circle that many people face when they retire: squeezing out the maximum material standard of living for the rest of their life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

It was £117m club-record signing Morgan Rogers, however, who set the tone for a combative display, squaring up to Everton defender James Tarkowski during an eventful first half.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Mr. Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate, is squaring off against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a 41-year-old Rhodes scholar and doctor who never practiced medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

“Here I am,” she said, squaring her shoulders.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas


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