SQUARING AWAY Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

squaring away

verb

present participle of square away

as in mapping (out)

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That pays for 110 personnel working out of six fire stations, a training division and the administrative office.

— Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
Holly Williams, a foreign correspondent working out of Istanbul for CBS News since 2012, and Mariana van Zeller, a journalist for National Geographic Channel, are both said to remain in contention.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of working out

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Once Alex Ovechkin made his decision, hammering out the details took only a few minutes.

— Bailey Johnson, Washington Post, 6 July 2026
Pritzker needs to take a hands-on approach, gathering all the stakeholders well in advance of the November veto session and hammering out a workable regimen, to ensure lawmakers have something on which to vote.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026

Definition of hammering out

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From the late 1980s through the early 2000s, human surgeons still did everything from planning to executing surgeries while controlling the robotic tools.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
Kirkpatrick said the organization is planning to request a preliminary injunction to freeze the information sharing temporarily and for those whose information has been shared to be personally notified.

— Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 7 July 2026

Definition of planning

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Barkitecture is the practice of designing homes so pet features are built into the architecture and finishes rather than tacked on as afterthoughts.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026
The work extends beyond cable routing and includes designing an electrical architecture that can support the aircraft’s size, operational demands, and future manufacturing requirements.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

Definition of designing

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Other trends, like buyers being less willing to wait for wine to age before drinking it, are also shaping the market.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
The wrinkle is that the platforms racing to own the layer where your meaning lives are the same ones shaping the standard meant to free it, so the right to export needs to live in your own contract.

— Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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