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as in district
an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature lived on the edge of the central business quarter

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as in position
the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain call the crew to their quarters on deck to await further instruction

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Recent Examples of quarter
Noun
Brooklyn’s 43 points in the third quarter were a season high for any quarter, and its most points in a third quarter at home since 2020. C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025 Both moves come as the company’s wine and spirits segment has struggled for several quarters. Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
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Podcast: The Case for Ditching Your Treestand and Hunting from the Ground The buck was quartering away, and Pfeiffer had to turn slightly to get a shot angle. Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 26 Dec. 2024 Black women were quartered separately, on the second floor of the gatehouse. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for quarter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarter
Noun
  • Park district lands grant for garden lot permeable pavers Naperville Park District will use a $785,308 grant to install a permeable paver parking lot at the Ron Ory Community Garden Plots.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The Massapequa school district sued the state, but a federal judge ruled against the district.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • The current drift toward authoritarian leaders in this fractured world will leave international relations at the mercy of their whims, dreams, and follies.
    Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
  • In an age where mercy often feels in short supply, Francis insisted there was no bottom to God's well of forgiveness.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
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  • The multi-year project is expected to generate thousands of highly skilled jobs while cementing Mumbai’s position as a cornerstone of global film production.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 May 2025
  • This is impossible: there is no getting politics out of art because the desire to remove politics from art is itself a political position.
    S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
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  • Court documents state several shots entered the residence, penetrating multiple walls.
    Gael Langdon, Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The Portuguese Cabinet convened an emergency meeting at the prime minister’s residence.
    Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The plant will be able to house up to 28 production lines.
    Amy Neff Roth, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • Set in Medieval England in the year 1348, the story alights on Lansley Abbey, a remote stone monastery in Yorkshire, which houses ten monks bound by a life of strict routine and devotion.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 May 2025
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  • In cities that have an uneven distribution of foliage, neighborhoods featuring more greenery can offer a relative cooling effect, enabling residents to better withstand dangerously hot summers.
    Henna Hundal, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Burke, of mixed Chinese American descent, bought the rundown 19th-century building for $700,000 in 2013 and invested more than $4 million in renovations, hoping to be a part of the historic neighborhood’s renaissance.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
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  • In photos posted by the TV station, his wife was seen handcuffed and standing with agents outside the home.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • At the gas station, officers discovered a naked woman, covered in abrasions, who was in need of immediate medical assistance, according to court documents obtained by the outlet.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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  • The base itself was a study in the feasibility of long-term human habitation on the ice sheet.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
  • All of this is now possible thanks to an advanced 3D printing-welding approach that can print these large habitation structures.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024

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“Quarter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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