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as in equal
marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias
received a square hearing from the disciplinary panel
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as in to correspond
to be in agreement on every point
that explanation squares entirely with the evidence that we've seen
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as in to bribe
to influence someone with a bribe
tried to square the police officer into ignoring the illegal operation
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as in standpatter
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Recent Examples of square
Kori Perten, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Upstairs is the roof, a nondescript square looking onto Manhattan’s midtown lights.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
The design achieved power densities of 639 milliwatts/cm², which is the amount of electrical power generated per square centimeter of fuel cell area.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Still, steer clear of mixing business with pleasure, especially when Venus squares Uranus, as your relationships and career could unexpectedly collide.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Kanter’s bookstore, a more recent addition to the square, focuses on romance reads.
—Kori Perten, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Upstairs is the roof, a nondescript square looking onto Manhattan’s midtown lights.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
The global flagship spans 10,000 square feet on two levels and is located in the historic Western Union Telegraph Building, also known as the AT&T Building, a 29-story building designed by architect William Welles Bosworth and constructed between 1912 and 1916.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
The design achieved power densities of 639 milliwatts/cm², which is the amount of electrical power generated per square centimeter of fuel cell area.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
Every year, the BLS seeks to provide a near-complete employment count by squaring past jobs data from business surveys (more timely but not as accurate) with comprehensive unemployment insurance quarterly tax filings (highly accurate but significantly lagged in timing).
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Still, steer clear of mixing business with pleasure, especially when Venus squares Uranus, as your relationships and career could unexpectedly collide.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for square
Adjective
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All of the pieces—a mini baking sheet, muffin tin, cooling rack, and small rectangular pan for snacking cakes or even tiny lasagnas, will fit inside a toaster oven.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Sep. 2025
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Available now and starting at $140, the table linen collection includes a napkin set as well a tablecloth in either a rectangular or square silhouette.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Productivity doesn’t always equal value.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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The energy was palpable, as Cardi commanded the crowd with equal amounts of humor and swagger.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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More than 2,000 years ago, the Babylonians split that band of sky into twelve equal parts that correspond with twelve constellations.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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In our present-day Universe, that corresponds to a distance that’s approximately 18 billion light-years away.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In May, Coinbase revealed that cybercriminals had bribed a few of its overseas customer support agents to leak customers' personal data.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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Executives and employees from a strip club operator are facing charges for allegedly bribing a New York official with free trips and private dances.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It is also meant to provide pedestrian connections to the project’s two public parks, directing people west to a resident-centric park called The Green or leading them east to an arena-adjacent park and plaza space called The Square.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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Back in the plaza, at the heart of the protest that cold March day, a trio of drummers beat time at the center of the swell of people—three quick beats that marked a call.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Its skull also showed reduced articulations between key bones and a shallow quadrate angle, both of which are associated with piscivory.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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People trusted him … as very impartial, middle of the road.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
23 Sep. 2025
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Young people themselves seem to want to have this more expansive, impartial information about reproduction.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Consumer sentiment fell more than 7 points from December 2018 to January 2019, coinciding with the most recent government shutdown, according to a Committee for Responsible Federal Budget analysis of University of Michigan survey data.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The date coincides with the start of UK Black History Month.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Square.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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