as in to hammer out
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Recent Examples of square away
The future suggests that the AI will be improved such that the code is perfect at the get-go, or the AI is proficient at squaring away the code that has been generated.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Despite my best efforts to neatly square away all of my things inside my carry-on bag or checked luggage, my suitcase eventually ends up looking like a scene out of Twisters.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
With the extension now squared away, the Red Sox and Anthony can focus on getting the team into the postseason and trying to make a deep run in October.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
With the county vote squared away, AASEG will now begin its due diligence at the site.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for square away
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Despite my best efforts to neatly square away all of my things inside my carry-on bag or checked luggage, my suitcase eventually ends up looking like a scene out of Twisters.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
With the extension now squared away, the Red Sox and Anthony can focus on getting the team into the postseason and trying to make a deep run in October.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
With the county vote squared away, AASEG will now begin its due diligence at the site.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for square away
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The statement said that Patagonia and Pattie Gonia—who uses female pronouns—spent several years hammering out an agreement over the activist’s use of the brand’s name.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
23 Jan. 2026
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The agreement, which was hammered out over more than a year, resolves existential questions about TikTok’s future.—
David McCabe,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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The company’s filings also lay out the risks inherent to operating as a digital assets company.—
Carlos Garcia,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
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But the articles of impeachment levied against Noem lay out a list of accusations.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
15 Jan. 2026
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Reuther plays Jarl Sigurd, the Jarl of Hladir, a scheming Norwegian jarl and ally of Haakon (Levi Miller), the younger half-brother of Erik Bloodaxe (Molyneux).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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Randy’s social life involved a scheming posse of white-supremacist survivalists who wanted to fight the ZOG (Zionist Occupied Government) by, say, forcing IRS agents to walk naked through the woods.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Anderson traveled to New York for a potential job that didn’t work out and had been working at a pizzeria before his arrest, the law enforcement source told CNN.—
Kara Scannell,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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Anderson had traveled to New York City for a job opportunity that did not work out and had been working in a pizzeria, according to that person.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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One of the bigger changes going forward is that the APA will invite people with a lived experience of a particular diagnosis to sit on the APA’s committees and shape diagnostic descriptions.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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This book shaped my understanding and use of folklore as a space of critical fabulation and a tool to examine and relay history through a postcolonial lens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The project was planned to clear the area of outdated and dilapidated buildings, to attract new businesses and promote economic revitalization.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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Set personal check‑ins on your calendar at the end of each week to review progress, plan adjustments and reflect on what worked and what didn’t.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Weissman said this bill was designed to stand alone.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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Arvest fund awarded $70M in tax credits A total of $70 million in New Market Tax Credits, designed to help banks support affordable housing, small businesses, growth development, manufacturing and essential community infrastructure, has been awarded to the Arvest Opportunity Fund.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Macron, who recalled Williams' participation in the Pièces Jaunes concert with his wife Brigitte Macron, didn't shy away from commenting on the rigorous lifestyle and discipline of the artist.—
Valentine Ulgu-Servant,
Vanity Fair,
23 Jan. 2026
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Hunt, 62 and Nordling, 63, previously attended a Willie Nelson concert together at the Hollywood Bowl and had spent time together in London, where Hunt was performing, the fall prior.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Square away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20away. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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