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Recent Examples of square one
Leadership turnover, regulatory shifts and business pivots often send companies back to square one.
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Sudhir Menon, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
But Woodwork eventually closed, and Hudson was back to square one.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Even seemingly-small continuity issues can take the process back to square one.
—Rainesford Stauffer, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
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.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
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Sudhir Menon, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
But Woodwork eventually closed, and Hudson was back to square one.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Even seemingly-small continuity issues can take the process back to square one.
—Rainesford Stauffer, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
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.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for square one
Noun
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The All-American Rejects are headlining day one of the Kroger Wellness Festival, a free two-day event running Sept. 26-27 in downtown Cincinnati.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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Whether this is your first home or forever one, here’s your guide to settling in smoothly, safely and smartly from day one to day ninety.—
Allison Palmer
August 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Winter trips focus on gray wolves, spending dawn and dusk in the Lamar Valley, which is ground zero for the country’s wolf reintroduction efforts.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 Aug. 2025
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Scotland is ground zero for the U.K.’s grid decarbonization challenge.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The third baseman originally injured his hand on June 8 when diving back to first base and would not return until July 5.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Bellinger also gives Aaron Boone another option at first base.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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What began as one family’s search for a life in rhythm with the land has bloomed into a thriving village where 70% of the acreage has been protected under a land trust from the beginning.—
Chrissy Tracey,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Since the beginning, her writing has been intimate and personal, emblematic of a storyteller who can pinpoint a fleeting emotion and describe scenes fit for a rom-com.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Square one.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20one. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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