blockier; blockiest
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a shoe with a thick, blocky heel
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The tower’s top is wrapped in blocky text — an excerpt from a 2015 speech that Obama gave to mark the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches that Obama has described as one of his most meaningful.
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The bottom edge has a slightly wider gray bezel bearing the Fire TV logo in the center with a flat, blocky extension holding an infrared sensor, far-field microphones, and a mic mute switch below it.
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Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
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.
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Andrew Dickson,
Bloomberg,
2 May 2026
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The bottom edge has a slightly wider gray bezel bearing the Fire TV logo in the center with a flat, blocky extension holding an infrared sensor, far-field microphones, and a mic mute switch below it.
—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
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.
—
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
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“Blocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blocky. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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