Examples of square one in a Sentence
They lost everything and found themselves back at square one.
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Each arc, several episodes long, ends with the main character, Keiichi, suffering one gruesome fate after another before the show’s timeline resets and we are delivered back to square one with a new arc and new horrors and trials for Keiichi to face.
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Instead, the Mets are back to square one, pondering a new kind of disappointment.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
That’s if Subramanian doesn’t toss the whole thing or send it back to square one, an unlikely possibility but still a possibility.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Online appointments with a provider who has to start from square one might end up costing you more, both in emergency department costs if you get sent for further testing and in fees associated with the platform.
—Mara Gordon, NPR, 16 Sep. 2025
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Instead, the Mets are back to square one, pondering a new kind of disappointment.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
That’s if Subramanian doesn’t toss the whole thing or send it back to square one, an unlikely possibility but still a possibility.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Online appointments with a provider who has to start from square one might end up costing you more, both in emergency department costs if you get sent for further testing and in fees associated with the platform.
—Mara Gordon, NPR, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for square one
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“Square one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20one. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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