as in square
having four equal sides and four right angles the four museum buildings surround a quadrate courtyard that is formally landscaped

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Recent Examples of quadrate Its skull also showed reduced articulations between key bones and a shallow quadrate angle, both of which are associated with piscivory. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
  • With roughly 109 million square feet of vacant office space across the five boroughs, New York has more vacant office space than Boston has altogether, both occupied and vacant.
    Adolfo Carrión Jr, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
  • Two floor plans are available in The Enclave of Mill Creek — the Bristol and the Avalon, ranging from approximately 2,100 to 2,600 square feet including lower-level finish.
    ReeceNichols Real Estate, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • Glistening rectangular palettes were the center focus of Goldberry’s gown.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 June 2025
  • In contrast to the prevailing trend of large rectangular sinks popular in other RVs, including some Airstreams, this unit features a distinctively round sink that pairs naturally with the trailer's porthole windows and disc-like throw pillows in referencing Wright's love of circular elements.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • The spacious, luminous cabin measures 800 cubic feet with a 6-foot-5-inch ceiling, comfortably accommodating four or more passengers in a luxurious, flexible layout.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
  • The longer Navi’s wheelbase stretched a full foot farther than that of the non-L ‘Gator, expanding cargo space behind the third row to a whopping 42.6 cubic feet — but also adding around 300 pounds of mass to an already weighty machine.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 5 June 2025

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“Quadrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrate. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

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