quarters 1 of 2

plural of quarter

quarters

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of quarter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quarters
Noun
Almost all of the offense came in the first half for both teams, with each limited to a single field goal over the final two quarters. Chad Graff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 Denver had a 10-6 lead as the teams went to regroup for the final two quarters of the game. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025 His highlight of the first two quarters was a catch over cornerback Jaycee Horn. Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025 In the video, the rapper gave fans a tour of the boat, complete with marble statues, skylights, separate sleeping quarters and a full bar. Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 The jump in shipments was led by new models and North American demand, in a sign of business recovery after several quarters of declining sales. Yun Li, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025 The District Attorney’s Office released video from body-camera footage and new details about what happened in the moments leading up to the close-quarters shootout. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025 The Huskies also led 27-3 at halftime and 44-3 after three quarters. Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025 Fast-forward three quarters of a century. Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarters
Noun
  • Bull is university organist and organ professor at UCLA as well as organist-in-residence at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, which houses one of the largest pipe organs in the world.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The State Department has announced new rules requiring immigrant visa applicants to attend interviews in their country of residence from November 1, with limited exceptions.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fox News Digital reached out to Jurupa Unified School District, which houses Jurupa Valley and Patriot High School, and the Chaffey Joint Union High School District, which houses Los Osos, for a response.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Ohio is one of 23 states that houses Asian longhorn ticks, with the latest siting in Butler County near Cincinnati.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The parlor level, which stretches about 105 feet deep, features grand entertaining rooms, a sitting parlor, and a chef’s kitchen housed in a curved glass addition with a custom copper roof.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Using a small satellite receiver system set up on the roof of a UCSD building in San Diego, the researchers collected thousands of sensitive communications that were never intended to be public.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • More to Explore The exterior of the house resembles a three-dimensional De Stijl painting.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2025
  • These houses were once used for Rockport’s fishing and granite industry, and are now home to quaint shops, restaurants, and art galleries.
    Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The programming combines large-scale runway shows with intimate presentations, offering a platform that accommodates emerging voices alongside established names.
    Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Designed to minimize the risks faced by troops on the frontlines, Ukraine’s NUMO ground robot features a modular design that accommodates a range of attachments, from turrets and relay masts to wire cutters and mine-clearing equipment.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • May Waheguru ji grant his soul eternal abode at His feet and give strength to the family to bear this sorrowful blow.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Preserving original brick also helps hold a bit of a home's history in place, a constant reminder that many of today’s abodes hold pieces of the past.
    Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These figures are based on tourism impact calculators measuring lodging, dining, retail and recreation spending in Bentonville.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 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
Noun
  • United's four-times-weekly flights from Newark aim to connect American travelers with the cultural and coastal attractions of Puglia, including the region's iconic trulli dwellings.
    Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The vultures' dwellings also held ropes, horse tack and thousands of bone fragments and eggshells.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Quarters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarters. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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