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Recent Examples of rectangle
At the center of the parlor is a large rectangle table with several stools for large groups to sit, talk and take a break.
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Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
While the strike zone actually called by big league umpires tends to be oval in shape, the ABS strike zone is a rectangle, as in the rule book.
—Ronald Blum, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
An English teacher took me aside and drew a rectangle on a piece of paper, placed a shooting arrow on each corner of the rectangle, plus one halfway along the horizontal top line, and a final arrow, in the same position, down below.
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The question is whether his oldest friendships, with both the prim Serge and the anxious people pleaser Yvan (Corden), will survive the wrath provoked by the great white rectangle.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
While the strike zone actually called by big league umpires tends to be oval in shape, the ABS strike zone is a rectangle, as in the rule book.
—Ronald Blum, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
An English teacher took me aside and drew a rectangle on a piece of paper, placed a shooting arrow on each corner of the rectangle, plus one halfway along the horizontal top line, and a final arrow, in the same position, down below.
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The question is whether his oldest friendships, with both the prim Serge and the anxious people pleaser Yvan (Corden), will survive the wrath provoked by the great white rectangle.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectangle
Noun
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Demolition crews have begun tearing down the East Wing of the White House, clearing ground for a 90,000-square foot ballroom in the biggest White House expansion in more than 70 years.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Originally all fields, the development of the square, and the source of its name, came between 1632 and 1636 with the construction of Leicester House, a mansion built by Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Stir for 10 seconds if the ice is small, 30 seconds if one big cube and somewhere between if ice is somewhere between.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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To affordably resolve the vast space between the Sun and the planets, researchers divide the space into large cubes—analogous to two-dimensional pixels in a camera.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Rectangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectangle. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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