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Recent Examples of cuboidView gallery - 7 images This neat little cuboid tiny house is simplicity itself.—New Atlas,
22 Aug. 2026 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 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 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 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 In three dimensions, meanwhile, exceptions to the cuboid rule were rare enough.—Quanta Magazine,
19 Nov. 2020
San Bruno’s 1-million-cubic-foot facility alone holds more than 750,000 immigration case files, many of which document Asian American and Pacific Islander history on the West Coast.
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Stephanie Lam,
Mercury News,
24 Aug. 2026
Crews with the Kansas Department of Transportation collected at least 785 cubic yards of storm debris, and more than 250 people have dropped off debris at the county’s recycling center, according to the Unified Government Environmental Services.
For a relaxed look, consider this cropped tee with a boxy silhouette made from lightweight, moisture-wicking, and anti-odor polyester and spandex for more active occasions.
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Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
20 Aug. 2026
Many stars, including Hathaway, have been embracing maternity dressing that shows off their bumps, rather than eclipsing them with boxy silhouettes.