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Arizona, California and Nevada announced a plan this month to save up to 1 million acre-feet (44 billion cubic feet) of Colorado River water through 2028.
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ABC News, 8 May 2026
The study found nearly 83 million cubic yards of rock collapsed in about one minute − the equivalent of 24 times the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza, according to University College London geophysicist and study co-author Stephen Hicks.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Households are limited to 1 cubic yard of mulch.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
But after intense pushback from the community, the developer modified the plan to include a smaller, but still controversial, excavation of 50,000 cubic yards.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
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ABC News, 8 May 2026
The study found nearly 83 million cubic yards of rock collapsed in about one minute − the equivalent of 24 times the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza, according to University College London geophysicist and study co-author Stephen Hicks.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Households are limited to 1 cubic yard of mulch.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
But after intense pushback from the community, the developer modified the plan to include a smaller, but still controversial, excavation of 50,000 cubic yards.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cubic
Adjective
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Luca Chiaravalle: The Smallest Muse Luca Chiaravalle makes miniature art galleries, the rectangular and cubical scenes housing tiny people contemplating art.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Even the workpiece itself was cubical.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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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
Adjective
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The focal point of the outfit is her boxy leather jacket, similar to this roomy style that comes in brown, black, and gray.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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So many new builds right now are very generic and boxy, with almost no decorative features, but many are still brick.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Earlier this year, Lake Forest Hospital completed an approximately 300,000-square-foot expansion featuring 96 medical-surgical beds and 18 observation beds.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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The price is based on square footage, which has been anywhere between about $700 and $800 per square foot.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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This place exists in autonomy, in relief, a dry, febrile land of cuboid houses and scrawled horizons.—
Maya Boyd,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Aug. 2022
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The hefty hardback, which weighs nearly eight pounds, comprises 222 pages and more than 125 illustrations dedicated to LV’s iconic cuboid creations.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
21 July 2022
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
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“Cubic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cubic. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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