as in courtyard
an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls) since the weather was sunny, the convocation was held outside in the college's quadrangle

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Recent Examples of quadrangle With the arrival of Amaya, an odd quadrangle emerges between her, Austin, Ace, and Chelley. Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 June 2025 Not private enough to give up federal funding, whether for student tuition fees, quadrangle rhododendrons, wind tunnels, or NMR Spectrometers. Amity Shlaes, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025 The quadrangle between the Temples of Jupiter and Bacchus had been filled with wooden tables and stalls selling wine and sfiha, a Bekaa specialty. Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 But Stiller liked pausing on the precipice of the perverse love triangle—or quadrangle—of Mark torn by two halves of his consciousness toward two women. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for quadrangle
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Noun
  • Set across 12 connected riads (traditional Moroccan homes with a central courtyard), the hotel is essentially one large, living work of art, where patterns, styles, and decades flow between spaces seamlessly.
    Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
  • With its presence carved into tall columns and sprawling courtyards, this hallowed location has been a place of devotion to deities like Amun-Ra, Montu, and Mut for more than 3,000 years.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • On a glorious late-summer afternoon, a small group gathered on the leafy patio behind Café Lisbeth to toast.
    Diana Hubbell, Saveur, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For traditional lodging, bed down at Mountain House Rajska Vrata in Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where ski days end on the sunny patio with local specialties such as nettle soup or herbal rakija (brandy) around the fireplace.
    Naomi Tomky, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Quadrangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrangle. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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