blockier; blockiest
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a shoe with a thick, blocky heel
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Two computer monitors displayed a riot of overlapping windows, including an old, blocky software program called P-COM, which offered thirty-five types of commands.
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E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
The biggest transformation occurs in the blocky, brutalist Crucible Theatre, which shifts from staging Shakespeare and Harold Pinter to become the Theatre of Dreams — snooker’s holiest of holy sites, where 32 leading players from across the world compete to be be named the best of the best.
—Andrew Dickson, Bloomberg, 2 May 2026
Its Blue Armchair, on show at design exhibition Convey, is blocky and rigid with rough-and-ready industrial detailing.
—Francesca Perry, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Most often worn with a blocky boot or minimal loafers, cropped trousers are the business-casual option that can do it all.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
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E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
The biggest transformation occurs in the blocky, brutalist Crucible Theatre, which shifts from staging Shakespeare and Harold Pinter to become the Theatre of Dreams — snooker’s holiest of holy sites, where 32 leading players from across the world compete to be be named the best of the best.
—Andrew Dickson, Bloomberg, 2 May 2026
Its Blue Armchair, on show at design exhibition Convey, is blocky and rigid with rough-and-ready industrial detailing.
—Francesca Perry, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Most often worn with a blocky boot or minimal loafers, cropped trousers are the business-casual option that can do it all.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Blocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blocky. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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