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Recent Examples of cubic
For Ethiopia the unveiling of the 74-billion cubic meter dam, which has been 14 years in the making and cost $5 billion, was the culmination of a dream and proved the East African nation the winner in a bitter diplomatic battle over its construction.
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Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The PoS-2 will deliver 50 billion cubic meters of gas annually from Western Siberia to northern China via Mongolia.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The official float season opens every year around late June and closes in early September when the river flow is between 500 and 1,500 cubic feet per second to float.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
About a year ago, North Beach was seeded with about 37,000 cubic yards of sand from the Santa Ana River, with truckloads hauling the material in and spreading it out.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
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Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The PoS-2 will deliver 50 billion cubic meters of gas annually from Western Siberia to northern China via Mongolia.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The official float season opens every year around late June and closes in early September when the river flow is between 500 and 1,500 cubic feet per second to float.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
About a year ago, North Beach was seeded with about 37,000 cubic yards of sand from the Santa Ana River, with truckloads hauling the material in and spreading it out.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cubic
Adjective
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The were only a few objects and all had a single, cubical shape.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Feb. 2025
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The secret lay in the surface area of cubical foams.—
Jordana Cepelewicz,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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One of the strongest examples of this new trend is French designer Llewellyn Chupin’s Ritual of Adornment collection, which offered a strong contrast between the blocky furniture silhouettes and the delicate ornamentation festooning them.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, Washington, stands just a few minutes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, a blocky concrete tower encircled by chain-link fencing and razor wire.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With adjustable sleeves and a boxy fit, the Abercrombie & Fitch Cropped Trench Coat is a cool, lightweight layer for brisk evenings, and the army green shade is especially on-trend.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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The collection covers the essentials with utilitarian-centric wardrobe must-haves via sweeping trench coats, boxy formal shirts, and oversized shorts.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Built to last, the 2020 model features a new roof design that boasts up to 90 pounds per square foot of snow load.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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The scale is impressive at more than forty thousand square feet, but what stays with you is the ambition and the experience - an American vision of design planted right in the middle of Europe’s most iconic avenue.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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 18 Sep. 2025.
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