as in to lay out
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Recent Examples of square away
Yellow appears to have most of its latest bankruptcy plan squared away.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 1 Apr. 2025
Even the Bengals managed to get things squared away with wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins!
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
The best part is that the holiday falls on the Friday before a long weekend, so make sure to have any dinner reservations, hotel bookings, or flower deliveries squared away before then.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Each death has to be countenanced as a fact, squared away in the record books.
—Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 1 Apr. 2025
Even the Bengals managed to get things squared away with wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins!
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
The best part is that the holiday falls on the Friday before a long weekend, so make sure to have any dinner reservations, hotel bookings, or flower deliveries squared away before then.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Each death has to be countenanced as a fact, squared away in the record books.
—Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for square away
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Years ago, Bryan Smith laid out a tell-sell-test-consult-co-create framework.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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In the report, the group laid out its guidelines, which recommend taking cultural context into account when determining how to display or dispose of remains, given that practices such as cremation or postmortem display may be considered traditional by one culture and taboo by another.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Lutnick said last week Trump is in no rush, preferring to hammer out better agreements that benefit American businesses and consumers.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
19 June 2025
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That bodes well for their chances of hammering out a new contract in the near future.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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The finale's final moments bring viewers back to the Buckley fish house, where Belle finds scheming developer Wes Benson (Dave Annable) tied up and beaten to a pulp by Emmett.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
29 June 2025
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Linda Sun, the former aide to Gov. Hochul and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo accused of working as a Chinese agent, also schemed to steer $35 million in state contracts to two PPE vendors run by a cousin and her husband at the height of the COVID pandemic, according to new court filings.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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This couldn’t have worked out much better for San Antonio. 15.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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In 2023, city officials announced that a Whole Foods Market would be moving into the space, according to past reporting, after working out a deal with former Blue Goose Market President and CEO Paul Lencioni, who previously served on St. Charles’ City Council.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Words have power, and taking a moment to reflect can shape the conversation -- and the outcome -- in profound ways.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
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The verdict will go a long way toward shaping the dynamic in 2028.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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At the time, the app was only streaming sports trading card sellers but was planning to expand.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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Less than a decade later, Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in more than dozen other states had converted to for-profits, typically highly controversial proposals, given questions about what was to become of their billions of dollars of assets.—
Laurence Darmiento,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
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The Wall of Sound was their most audacious attempt: a 60-foot-wide, 75-ton scaffold of nearly 600 speakers designed to deliver pristine, distortion-free sound to both the band and audience.—
Noah Eckstein,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2025
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Bottom sea mines are placed on the seabed and designed to detonate when a ship passes nearby.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Marchers in San Francisco, host to another of the world’s largest Pride events, headed down Market Street to concert stages set up at the Civic Center Plaza.—
Philip Marcelo,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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On June 24, TEU hosted a Tight Ends & Friends concert for the attendees and their families.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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“Square away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20away. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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