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square

[skwair] / skwɛər /






NOUN
municipal park
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SpaceX said in public filings that the satellites involved in its orbital data center would be up to 1,500 square meters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

In Madrid, an encampment of tents has occupied a city-centre square since late September.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The residence occupies approximately 3,495 square feet inside The Trust, a boutique property that houses just seven private residences.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

AFP saw pushing and shoving between front-row protesters and officers trying to keep the surging crowd away from Jakarta's central Bundaran HI public square, which is surrounded by businesses and embassies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

He shows us a square photo of them grinning with their cheeks smashed together and points proudly to the ten likes on the picture.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

"We will have a great lead up to Christmas, safe and spacious, and next year you'll be seeing more trees and seats and public squares", the mayor said.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

After a decade of terrifying squares, avoiding religious stalkers and navigating label purgatory, Twin Temple might finally be at the precipice of what they’ve long manifested — rock stardom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

From the beginning of the republic, they were carried out in town squares across the country.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Each morning, groups of labourers gather at prominent squares in the main city of Srinagar, waiting to be hired.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

At the bottom of the container, there was a small pile of cotton squares, some stiff and brown, others merely dappled.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

His jaw was squarer and facial hair thicker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Even the cars' noses are different - Ferrari's narrow and needle-like against the more conventional, squarer ones of Mercedes and Red Bull.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2022

He blasted the court’s secret deliberations, complaining: “A horse thief in frontier days would have received a squarer deal.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

The squarer the poop, the healthier the wombat.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 27, 2021

My jaw looked squarer, broader, my neck thicker, with a bulge of Adam’s apple in the center.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

America’s most middlebrow casual restaurant, with America’s squarest CEO, selling fried cheese and margaritas and fajita plates that you can eat off for days.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

Who jorts have been claimed by — punk rockers, pop stars and rappers, the squarest middle-aged men on weekends — is simply the narrative sewn on top of the real narrative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

“He thought I was the squarest person and replied, ‘What planet are you from?’”

From Fox News ● Jun. 6, 2019

The grey eminence himself has even appeared at that squarest of social gatherings, a writers' conference.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of them, a very short older man with the squarest, broadest face of orange-brown I’d ever seen, said something to them and they all began leaving.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

During one at-bat in Monday’s Game 2 loss, he even squared around to bunt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Benn turned up regardless and jokingly squared up to his 62-year-old father instead.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Last December, throngs of supporters and foes squared off at a raucous Metro board meeting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Texas to question whether modern forfeiture practice can be squared with its narrow historical roots.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

Emily also squared away an idea for a Halloween costume, if you could call it a costume.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Both offer compelling tools for squaring the circle that many people face when they retire: squeezing out the maximum material standard of living for the rest of their life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Mr. Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate, is squaring off against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a 41-year-old Rhodes scholar and doctor who never practiced medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The process has never been tested, and right now former state Rep. Charles Booker, a Democrat, and GOP Rep. Andy Barr are squaring off for the seat McConnell is abandoning.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

In answer to their question, Con stepped forward, squaring his shoulders.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo


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