polygon
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The enormous polygon field is the latest in a long series of unexpected discoveries made by Curiosity since it landed on Mars 14 years ago, on Aug. 5, 2012.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
We wander back wet, down to Castillo Square, down to the ghosts of Bar Milano, a stand-in for Bar Torino, and Café Suizo, where the fiesta unravels in insults, a love polygon and fisticuffs.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
A love triangle stretches to encompass more people and form a shifting polygon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
By 2021, the investigators had been able to shrink the polygon so that it covered only several hundred homes.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Given that the polygon P1 P3 P5 P7 is a square of area 5, and the polygon P2 P4 P6 P8 is a rectangle of area 4, find the maximum possible area of the octagon.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
Researchers are now studying how ice wedge polygons, a common Arctic landscape feature, influence how water and carbon move toward coastal areas.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026
Vast polygons mark forest concessions covering 11 million hectares in the DRC, some of which exist only on paper.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
The interface showed purple cow icons confined within red polygons — virtual fences that shock the cattle via collars should they stray.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
Parched polygons of cracked dirt stretch toward a thin blue water line on the horizon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
There are an infinite number of regular polygons, but only five regular solids.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing polygon
Geometry - Introductory
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2015 Spelling Bee - Words from Round 2
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 2
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