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rectangular

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




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A famous example was a 1986 column on the Solomon R. Guggenheim’s proposal to expand its iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building by erecting a rectangular tower behind the smaller of the building’s two rotundas.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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 town also has around a dozen emergency shelters, concrete rectangular boxes measuring three by six metres, close to certain public places.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

In the newest version of the detector, the metasurface that absorbs light was redesigned into a circular shape rather than a rectangular one.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

Lightning flashed, and through the rain Natalie saw a square, shadowy island up ahead with a couple of small, rectangular structures on it.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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