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rectangular

[rek-tang-gyuh-ler] / rɛkˈtæŋ gyə lər /




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Biologists and national park staff wearing masks and gloves set up dozens of small rectangular metal cages on trails outside Ushuaia as night fell.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

A luminous, red rectangular abstract by Mark Rothko sold for $85.8 million on Thursday, a solid kickoff to what’s poised to be ebullient spring auctions in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

And then there are the rectangular prisms jutting out of the floor, standing 20 feet apart from the last, with LED screens blasting clips from the movie into viewers’ subconscious.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

The shelters - rectangular red-brick buildings with a solid concrete roof and no windows - could accommodate up to 100 people.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Instead, I stood in a massive rectangular room—an audience chamber, from the looks of it.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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