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Recent Examples of blockyThe image above shows the current user interface in the center, with the old, blocky style on the left and the airy, line-drawing style on the right.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2026 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.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 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 See All Example Sentences for blocky
Marino was 38, with bulky braces on his knees, his mobility shot.
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Greg Cote
July 21,
Miami Herald,
21 July 2026
This is an ideal arrangement for handling bulky or messy supplies for projects, or for letting maintenance personnel into the home to work on the mechanical systems.
The venue was a blockish and forbidding space called Magazine, which squats in a loop of the Thames, in southeast London.
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Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 July 2026
PowerBlock’s blockish design has critics comparing it to reaching into a toaster but the brand has solid loyalty among serious home-gym owners and strength enthusiasts.
But while new subscription revenue no doubt helped the bottom line, growing ad revenue from the streamer’s hefty sports offerings likely figured into Peacock’s lack of red ink during the quarter.
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Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
23 July 2026
Perhaps even more frustrating for investors already concerned about hefty data center spending, the team upped its capital expenditure outlook for the year.