Definition of quadratenext
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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  • That’s roughly 150,000 square feet of bottom to clean; crews of five to six divers will need to spend roughly four to five hours with hand scrapers and power washers to rid each vessel of biofoul.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • The Iron fire in Utah’s Juab County was first detected Saturday and had blackened 34 square miles, authorities said.
    Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
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  • Great for small and large living spaces alike, a rectangular coffee table can make your room feel bigger.
    Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 19 June 2026
  • Its competition includes both the Brother VC-500W label printer, which uses the same Zero Ink (Zink) technology, and the Canon Selphy QX20 photo printer, which can also print photos in both rectangular and square formats.
    M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • In November 2025, the World Bank's first-ever Global Water Monitoring Report estimated the world is losing 324 billion cubic meters of freshwater annually (roughly enough to meet the needs of 280 million people) driven by drought, deforestation and unsustainable land and water management.
    Chris Morris, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • And, no surprise, the VLE has a massive amount of cargo space, up to 152 cubic feet with the seats removed, which should be plenty enough to help an average kid move into an average dorm room.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 19 June 2026

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“Quadrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrate. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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