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rectangles

noun

plural of rectangle

as in squares

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Recent Examples of rectangles Overseen by local design firm Northern Ground, the new logo depicts layers of rectangles in different shades of red, orange and yellow emanating from a black rectangle reflective of a dark movie screen. — Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Crustless white bread slices are cut into squares, covered with a cheesy mixture made of sharp Cheddar cheese, butter, and heavy cream, then topped with another square before adding more of the cheese mixture on top.

— Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
The ceremonies conducted late on Monday involved hundreds of couples in several major squares in the capital, including more than 100 in the vast Imam Hossein square in central Tehran, according to reports in Iranian media.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 May 2026

Definition of squares

Noun

In the fall, the flashy Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences, designed like a stack of nine askew cubes, will soar past to its final height of 1,049 feet.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
The first version stumbled spectacularly—employees persuaded it to stock novelty tungsten cubes and sell them at a loss—but later iterations became considerably more competent.

— Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of cubes

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According to Stuart Simpson, CEO of Vertical Aerospace, the company arrives at Farnborough with the key building blocks for its next phase already in place.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
These effects have been observed as far away as half a kilometer, or about five city blocks!

— Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

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