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Recent Examples of cubical
Luca Chiaravalle: The Smallest Muse Luca Chiaravalle makes miniature art galleries, the rectangular and cubical scenes housing tiny people contemplating art.
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R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 28 Feb. 2026
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, 1 Feb. 2025
The secret lay in the surface area of cubical foams.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
Stripping down to a black business-casual bikini with silver accents and necktie while her long blonde ponytail whipped around behind her, the MC turned the digital cubical farm behind her into a sweaty nightclub.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Once that happens, terahertz communications can significantly complement mmWave in indoor environments such as a hallway, meeting rooms, cubical offices, laboratories, and open areas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2019
Trying to rope the universe with our own definitions is like trying to put a spherical peg in a cubical hole.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2010
R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 28 Feb. 2026
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, 1 Feb. 2025
The secret lay in the surface area of cubical foams.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
Stripping down to a black business-casual bikini with silver accents and necktie while her long blonde ponytail whipped around behind her, the MC turned the digital cubical farm behind her into a sweaty nightclub.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Once that happens, terahertz communications can significantly complement mmWave in indoor environments such as a hallway, meeting rooms, cubical offices, laboratories, and open areas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2019
Trying to rope the universe with our own definitions is like trying to put a spherical peg in a cubical hole.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cubical
Adjective
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China plans to initially divert some four billion cubic meters of water from the Yangtze to the Yellow River annually in the first phase of part of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project—but that’s less water than what’s being captured by the Yangtze, the study authors warn.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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During its lifetime, Habitat has produced mostly natural gas — more than 232 million cubic feet — and a relatively meager showing of crude oil, less than 250,000 barrels, according to federal records.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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
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“Cubical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cubical. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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