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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  • Earlier this summer, the hotel unveiled a refresh of its 4000 square foot outdoor space in collaboration with Parisian fashion house Casablanca.
    Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Opened in 1905 by brothers Moses and Ceasar Cone, White Oak in Greensboro, N.C. became the largest denim mill in the world occupying more than a million square feet.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • From the rectangular steering wheel, the pilot can activate any of the five drive modes.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
  • But those hulking rectangular boxes, the massive data centers sprouting up across the country, are emerging as a giant magnet for dollars in a way that rivals consumer spending itself.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • The biggest player in the neighborhood is EOG Resources, which expects this corner of south Texas to produce 21 trillion cubic feet of gas.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Here are some general guidelines on what a full load is by washer size: A small-capacity washer holds between 1.5 and 3.5 cubic feet of laundry.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Quadrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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