cubic

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Recent Examples of cubic The canal — after taking into consideration upstream and downstream senior water rights — can take 500 cubic feet of water per second from the flow of the lower section of the South Platte during the winter. The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025 Oceanside will widen Tyson Street Beach with about 2,000 cubic yards of fresh sand next week, adding a layer of protection before the winter’s storms. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025 An $11 million breakwater repair at Dana Point Harbor will also add about 45,000 cubic yards of sand to nearby Doheny State Beach, Foley shared. Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025 Under the plan, the monthly water bill will be $34 and households can use up to 6 centrum cubic feet (CCF) of water, or about 4,000 gallons. Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cubic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cubic
Adjective
  • Even the workpiece itself was cubical.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The were only a few objects and all had a single, cubical shape.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The film spoofs The Shining (1980), The Lost Boys (1987) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) with the blocky LEGO characters.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, British sportswear brand Lonsdale’s blocky logo on T-shirts unintentionally contained a Nazi reference.
    Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The naturally boxy style is also ideal for styling over a variety of tops, including blouses, T-shirts and even bulkier sweaters.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The Vaillancourt Fountain, a nearly forty-foot-high tangle of boxy concrete tubes, has long divided public opinion and has attracted attention as a landmark both locally and internationally.
    News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Several of the production facilities that CNN analyzed have swiftly replaced villages and farmland, growing by tens of thousands of square feet in the past five years.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Matty Ianniello’s office was in Midtown Manhattan in the 50s off Sixth Avenue, on a block full of the highest rents per square foot in the world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 11 Nov. 2025.

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