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as in corresponded
to be in agreement on every point
that explanation squares entirely with the evidence that we've seen
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as in bribed
to influence someone with a bribe
tried to square the police officer into ignoring the illegal operation
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Recent Examples of squared
Trea Turner squared around twice to bunt to lead off the game, giving Yamamoto an easy first out.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, who was then the head coach of the Chicago Bears, saw that talent twice a year when the NFC rivals squared it off.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Miguel Rojas squared around to bunt them over but popped it up.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
The stilettos were pared back to their essentials — a thin strap at the toes, squared sole and a high heel balanced on a spindly stem.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, who was then the head coach of the Chicago Bears, saw that talent twice a year when the NFC rivals squared it off.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Miguel Rojas squared around to bunt them over but popped it up.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
The stilettos were pared back to their essentials — a thin strap at the toes, squared sole and a high heel balanced on a spindly stem.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squared
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To confirm the match, the team carefully aligned the Hubble and JWST images using 36 stars visible in both datasets as reference points, ensuring that every pixel corresponded to the same spot in the sky, the study noted.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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To calculate the scattering amplitude for a collision of n particles, physicists would have to add up many BCFW terms — and each of those terms corresponded to a region of the positive Grassmannian in n dimensions.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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In The Simpsons’ World Cup episode, Homer is asked to referee a match after FIFA fires officials who had been bribed to call matches unfairly.—
Zoe Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The scandal exposed how some wealthy families cheated and bribed to secure spots for their children at elite universities, sparking nationwide outrage over denied opportunities for more deserving students.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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The latest flare-up coincided with a historic trip by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Pakistan’s rival India, triggering concern in Islamabad.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Con Tampa in September 2023 and April 2023's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, which coincided with costar Daniels' 96th birthday.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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The famous Stanford Prison Experiment by Zimbardo revealed how quickly people conformed to roles of power or submission, often at the expense of empathy and fairness.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Columbia, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania have made deals with the Administration to restore their funding, and other universities have conformed to what the Administration seems to want in order to avoid becoming targets themselves.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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In one experiment, a robot fitted with the new skin successfully navigated a model of human arteries.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Atlanta Hawks traded for Kristaps Porziņģis, a former All-Star who is too accomplished to fit into this category.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Dylan Buell / Getty Images The Sacramento Kings and fourth-year forward Keegan Murray have agreed to a five-year, $140 million extension, a league source told The Athletic.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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In a step toward easing that friction, however, NBCU and Apple have agreed to place select programming on the partner service’s app.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Wyatt Sicks' members look like they were made for Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, with creepy masks and imposing frames that would fit any haunted house.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The most popular cocktail smoking guns come with a dome to fit over the beverage being smoked.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Squared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squared. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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