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Recent Examples of cuboid
This place exists in autonomy, in relief, a dry, febrile land of cuboid houses and scrawled horizons.
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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
On the north side of Independence Square, in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, is the House of Government—a row of cuboid white buildings, each with a checkerboard of identical black windows.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
Jones tottered through the wetlands in hip waders, holding high a cuboid plastic container tall enough to enclose the towering tule plants.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2021
Any chip is going to be approximately cuboid-shaped—again, see that Facebook pic—and would have to be small enough to pass through the needle.
—James Heathers, The Atlantic, 3 June 2021
Yet Pattison’s reporting and prose bring the readers into the excitement of scenes that turn on these details, such as when White and his colleagues realize that all human species, new and old, seem to have a facet in their cuboid foot bone.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2020
Working with János Török, a specialist in computer simulations, and Ferenc Kun, an expert on fragmentation physics, Domokos found that cuboid averages showed up in rock types like gypsum and limestone as well.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2020
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
On the north side of Independence Square, in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, is the House of Government—a row of cuboid white buildings, each with a checkerboard of identical black windows.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
Jones tottered through the wetlands in hip waders, holding high a cuboid plastic container tall enough to enclose the towering tule plants.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2021
Any chip is going to be approximately cuboid-shaped—again, see that Facebook pic—and would have to be small enough to pass through the needle.
—James Heathers, The Atlantic, 3 June 2021
Yet Pattison’s reporting and prose bring the readers into the excitement of scenes that turn on these details, such as when White and his colleagues realize that all human species, new and old, seem to have a facet in their cuboid foot bone.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2020
Working with János Török, a specialist in computer simulations, and Ferenc Kun, an expert on fragmentation physics, Domokos found that cuboid averages showed up in rock types like gypsum and limestone as well.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuboid
Adjective
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But da Costa and his team, as part of the Microns project, a large-scale effort to fully map out a 1-cubic-millimeter portion of a mouse’s visual cortex, discovered that inhibitory neurons are very specific in choosing what cells to inhibit.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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In space launches, every kilogram and cubic centimetre is precious.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Even the workpiece itself was cubical.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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The were only a few objects and all had a single, cubical shape.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These shrikes are smaller than robins but have large, blocky heads, hence the name loggerhead.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
1 Oct. 2025
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Nestled behind walls and a double interlocking iron gate, the blocky and angular structure offers a total of six bedrooms and seven baths in 11,800 square feet on three levels accented throughout with travertine and skylights.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This foldable travel jewelry case from Bagsmart is a less clunky option than traditional travel jewelry cases, which are usually quite boxy.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Cuboid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuboid. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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