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Recent Examples of rectangular
Blancpain also brought over the opaline dial, yellow-gold hour markers, conical hands, and that Art Deco–inspired rectangular case from the star’s timepiece.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 1 June 2026
Go all in on the whole kit and caboodle with this 12- by 24-foot Intex rectangular pool that can fit more than six people comfortably.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
The garden is a tidy collection of rectangular plots tended by co-team leads Elaine Davis and Jessica Asimus and three Colorado master gardeners.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Cool completely and cut the cake into small rectangular strips or squares.
—Kathryn Streeter, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 1 June 2026
Go all in on the whole kit and caboodle with this 12- by 24-foot Intex rectangular pool that can fit more than six people comfortably.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
The garden is a tidy collection of rectangular plots tended by co-team leads Elaine Davis and Jessica Asimus and three Colorado master gardeners.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Cool completely and cut the cake into small rectangular strips or squares.
—Kathryn Streeter, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectangular
Adjective
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These snappy, oblong toasts are made with a blend of rice, tapioca, and potato flours, which are combined with a base of egg whites and tangy buttermilk.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
29 May 2026
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The map also showed oblong shapes above the tank site.—
Sean Greene,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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There will be an additional 290,000 cubic yards of sand in renourishment.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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The frunk has 11 cubic feet of cargo space and there’s an innovative interior pass-through called the Multi-Flex Midgate.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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The actress wore an oversized chocolate brown suit with a boxy blazer and wide-leg pants from ERL.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
27 May 2026
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More specifically, Wellhouse brings in the boxy, pug-nosed Wake micro-van produced by Daihatsu between 2014 and 2022 and also badged as the Toyota Pixis Mega.—
C.C. Weiss
May 26,
New Atlas,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Two computer monitors displayed a riot of overlapping windows, including an old, blocky software program called P-COM, which offered thirty-five types of commands.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The biggest transformation occurs in the blocky, brutalist Crucible Theatre, which shifts from staging Shakespeare and Harold Pinter to become the Theatre of Dreams — snooker’s holiest of holy sites, where 32 leading players from across the world compete to be be named the best of the best.—
Andrew Dickson,
Bloomberg,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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The question remained: How, and more importantly, why, does the Wombat produce cubical droppings?—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Even the workpiece itself was cubical.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Plans call for a nine-screen movie theater spanning 40,000 square feet, restaurants and bars, retail shops, and a 773-space parking garage, which has already been completed.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
2 June 2026
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The hotel occupies 12 floors of a 42-story tower, offering 277 guest rooms and suites along with 15,000 square feet of event space.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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This place exists in autonomy, in relief, a dry, febrile land of cuboid houses and scrawled horizons.—
Maya Boyd,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Aug. 2022
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The hefty hardback, which weighs nearly eight pounds, comprises 222 pages and more than 125 illustrations dedicated to LV’s iconic cuboid creations.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
21 July 2022
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“Rectangular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectangular. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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