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Recent Examples of square one
Unless the board can vote on an amendment soon, Johnson is back to square one in figuring out how to fund the upcoming CTU contract — while racing to patch up a $175 million hole in the budget.
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Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Of course, everyone knows how that played out, so now the Jets are back at square one at quarterback.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Neo essentially reboots the game and starts everyone at square one.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
Now, Brian Cashman and the Yankees are back to square one with just a few weeks before opening day.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Of course, everyone knows how that played out, so now the Jets are back at square one at quarterback.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Neo essentially reboots the game and starts everyone at square one.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
Now, Brian Cashman and the Yankees are back to square one with just a few weeks before opening day.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for square one
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The last six Tests at Headingley had been won by the side bowling first and the stats told you the pitch in Leeds now gets better and better for batting, as is shown by the last day average of 40 per wicket over the last few years, compared to a first day one of 26.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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The brand has been profitable since day one and remains debt-free.—
Meggen Harris,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Next season’s Eastern Conference will be ground zero of the NBA’s parity gambit, molded into the shape of competition the league set in motion over the past half-decade.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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Kansas City isn’t exactly ground zero for Oklahoma City Thunder fandom, but the NBA team does have support in the area.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2025
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A number of potentially better reactor types have been stuck on drawing boards or at the experimental stage for decades.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Mar. 2015
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Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.—
Ryan Gillespie,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2023
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His ground ball went right to second baseman Tommy Edman, who initiated a game-ending double play that required Freddie Freeman to make a sprawling scoop at first base.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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With young infielder Triston Casas going down with a gruesome knee injury, the massive hole at first base has been apparent in Boston.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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From acorn-sized beginnings to its towering oak tree proportions today, the concept of Citizenship by Investment (CIP) in the Caribbean has developed into a dependable source of foreign capital for countries.—
Jared Mccallister,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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Bayern Munich have won the Champions League on six separate occasions while PSG finally got over the line this season with a stunning 5-0 win over Inter Milan that could mark the beginning of an era of dominance for the French giants.—
Darren Richman,
New York Times,
5 July 2025
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