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cubical

adjective

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Recent Examples of cubical The cabins are cute, cubical trailers—sleek with black paint and wooden details, and big picture windows. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026 The company also made a 2015 purchase of Hinkel, a producer of window shades, cubical curtains and related products. — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 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 Hardness of Hard Problems For decades, the cubical foam problem went relatively unexplored in higher dimensions. — 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

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To forge the target in the first place, Rice University scientists bound small diamond grains with cubic boron nitride and cobalt using spark plasma sintering.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Leslea Meyerhoff, its coastal administrator, credits the millions of dollars the city spent two years ago on 250,000 cubic yards of sand to shore up its beaches.

— Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2026

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Despite its sweeping celestial setting, the whole series was constrained, relying on face-to-face conversations in tiny offices to convey plot, and action scenes that often looked like scuffles in a blocky, dark, half-convincing cave.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
The bathroom’s been updated, too, with a soaking tub and blocky tiling.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2026

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