as in to lay out
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Recent Examples of square away
With the county vote squared away, AASEG will now begin its due diligence at the site.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
Get these projects squared away early in the season to ensure your home is safe and prepared for the cold weather ahead.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2025
Top that off with the lush backyard garden equipped with a BBQ and your perfect London getaway is squared away.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 May 2025
The Long Gray Line and character At West Point, cadets wake before the sun comes up, shoes shined, uniforms squared away.
—Brianna Keilar, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
Get these projects squared away early in the season to ensure your home is safe and prepared for the cold weather ahead.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2025
Top that off with the lush backyard garden equipped with a BBQ and your perfect London getaway is squared away.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 May 2025
The Long Gray Line and character At West Point, cadets wake before the sun comes up, shoes shined, uniforms squared away.
—Brianna Keilar, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for square away
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The policy memorandums lay out in detail his plans to enhance physical fitness, grooming standards and military readiness.—
NPR,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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While the cakes bake, lay out two clean tea towels and dust them with the confectioners' sugar.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Oct. 2025
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Several in the Sacramento area are newly-organized, looking to hammer out first contracts with the health system.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The 20-point ceasefire plan brokered by the United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey still has several unresolved issues and details that must be hammered out.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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In Return From the Ashes (1965), Eggar schemed to murder her stepmother (Ingrid Thulin), a concentration camp survivor.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Dissecting film and scheming up plays went from duty to obsession.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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After a summer of change in which 14 players arrived and 19 were let go, there was hope that the club’s spirit could be revived, but that hasn’t worked out.—
Kaya Kaynak,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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The team has a history of developing pitching, but Davidson did not end up working out.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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This is the web version of Fortune Tech, a daily newsletter breaking down the biggest players and stories shaping the future.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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But given a wave of recent concern about the bank’s lending approach — evidenced by two ratings downgrades by Fitch and Moody’s this year — the change of guard holds the potential for shaping Afreximbank in Elombi’s image.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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In conclusion, my careful gameplay doesn’t personally lend itself to reversing transfers, even when planned, but there is occasionally a time and a place for it.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Coast Guard told the outlet that the family had planned to remain anchored between Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard throughout the weekend.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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But when these relationships are designed to feel real, but only exist online, parents don’t realize how isolated today's kids can become when cut off from technology.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Scientists first used the approach to design a drug-delivery robot that could treat ulcers inside the body.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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And yet on the high seas, there are encouraging signs that concerted efforts can reverse the process.—
David Fickling,
Twin Cities,
8 Oct. 2025
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Before Doncic – who this summer signed a three-year, $165 million extension and celebrated with Lakers’ brass at a Backstreet Boys concert in Las Vegas – had settled in as a Laker.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Square away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20away. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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