as in shapes
the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance
the geometry of Sydney's famed opera house is suggestive of some modernistic sailing ship
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Recent Examples of geometries
There is little evidence that passive underfoot stimulation – textured soles, novel foam geometries or subtle mechanical features – meaningfully improves concentration in healthy adults.
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Atom Sarkar, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
Complex geometries are deployed to resolve atypical spaces including triangles, circles and quadrilaterals that defy conventional rectangular rooms, or furnishings.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Aside from tying elements in a room together, rugs also allow homeowners to experiment with bolder patterns and geometries—without committing to a permanent wall treatment.
—Sophie Aliece Hollis, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026
Its modular architecture allows custom sizes, voltages, and geometries, enabling unconventional uses such as structural integration into vehicle frames, drones, or chassis designs.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
The five pieces offer, in turn, biomorphic hints of de Kooning, the ragged shapes of Clyfford Still, the bold geometries of Ellsworth Kelly, the paint smears of Gerhard Richter, and something that looks like toothpaste squeezed onto an orange peel.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Riemann had introduced a concept that could encompass all possible geometries, in any number of dimensions.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Boissevain’s nature photography captures these in-transition landscapes in vivid hues and alien geometries, from close-ups of jellyfish-like crystal deposits to aerial shots of what scans like the surface of Mars.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Atom Sarkar, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
Complex geometries are deployed to resolve atypical spaces including triangles, circles and quadrilaterals that defy conventional rectangular rooms, or furnishings.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Aside from tying elements in a room together, rugs also allow homeowners to experiment with bolder patterns and geometries—without committing to a permanent wall treatment.
—Sophie Aliece Hollis, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026
Its modular architecture allows custom sizes, voltages, and geometries, enabling unconventional uses such as structural integration into vehicle frames, drones, or chassis designs.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
The five pieces offer, in turn, biomorphic hints of de Kooning, the ragged shapes of Clyfford Still, the bold geometries of Ellsworth Kelly, the paint smears of Gerhard Richter, and something that looks like toothpaste squeezed onto an orange peel.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Riemann had introduced a concept that could encompass all possible geometries, in any number of dimensions.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Boissevain’s nature photography captures these in-transition landscapes in vivid hues and alien geometries, from close-ups of jellyfish-like crystal deposits to aerial shots of what scans like the surface of Mars.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geometries
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On a wooden surface dusted with flour, the baker Oleksandr Kutsenko skilfully divides and shapes soft, damp pieces of dough.—
Kamila Hrabchuk,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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With a vast vintage collection of Dior, Saint Laurent, and Versace, the dramatic but refined shapes abound, and Clooney always wears them with elegant ease.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2026
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Tax forms for the national Indivisible, a tax-exempt social welfare group, show the group reported $5 million in assets in 2024.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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These days, he is widely regarded as having the finest facility with metrical forms of any poet of his generation—a grasp of prosody both perfect and unpredictable, as if the complex metronome of that turbulent coastline ticked on within him.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Francis is one of a growing number of Africans fighting for Russia in Ukraine, though exact figures are not known.—
Larry Madowo,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Front Page Highlights Materials released by the Justice Department revealed that leading business and political figures had enduring relationships with the disgraced financier.—
Nicholas Confessore Devlin Barrett Kurt Streeter Amy Qin,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Geometries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geometries. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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