Noun The fabric is decorated with circles and squares. Cut the brownies into squares. The board has red and black squares. Adjective The room has four square corners. received a square hearing from the disciplinary panel Verb The machine squares the wood into flat boards. If you square 3, you get 9. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Harper, who had studied mathematics, put together a data analysis trying to quantify the impact of her team’s virtual town square. Mark Bergen, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2022 In a show of solidarity, loyalists of the ruling leftist party gathered at Buenos Aires’ iconic Plaza de Mayo public square and a crowd waved Argentine flags outside Mrs. Kirchner’s fifth-floor apartment in the city’s elegant Recoleta neighborhood. Silvina Frydlewsky And Kejal Vyas, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 So the staff has mapped the entire east woods into a giant grid and is surveying each square with metal detectors. Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2022 Spotify provides a decent-looking image, but instead of an app logo for the top right corner, Spotify sends a solid, blank square. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2022 Her nails were filed short at her go-to fingertip length and square in shape. Chelsea Avila, Allure, 29 Aug. 2022 On my first afternoon in Mondragón, Etxeberria and I walked into the dark interior of the church beside the central square. Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2022 The tool’s head shape is an open metal square that’s sharp. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022 During two protests, clouds of tear gas blanketing the courthouse square and Big Spring Park. Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022
Adjective
According to a news release, the O.B. Curtis Water Plant's total plant output increased to 86 pounds per square inch, approaching the city's goal of 87 PSI or better.CBS News, 3 Sep. 2022 On Friday morning, Craig noted that the treatment plant was pumping water at 85 PSI, which is a unit known as pounds per square inch that measures pressure. Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 3 Sep. 2022 While that difference might not seem like much, the margins of safety are very small when dealing with the forces generated by this rocket: Internal pressure can exceed 7,000 lbs per square inch. Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 31 Aug. 2022 Chili-pepper bushes and green-bean vines grow in uniform rows; the fertile red soil of the valley floor is pristine and weed-free; every square inch is meticulously cultivated. Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 That's because higher thread counts have more weaving per square inch. Kristen Rogers, CNN, 18 July 2022 Crediting the coaching staff at Oregon, architects worked to give every square inch of the venue over for track and field use. Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 12 July 2022 Thread count denotes the number of threads in a square inch of fabric, and how tightly woven the fibers are. Daria Smith, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022 Android smartphones can be a rough market, and to squeeze as much profit out of a phone as possible, carriers often sell every square inch of a phone to the highest bidder. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 6 July 2022
Verb
But that explanation doesn’t square with past progress on this issue, said Samantha Fogg, who co-chairs the citywide parent-teacher organization, Seattle Council PTSA.Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2022 Yet despite the histrionics over the years and the polarizing image OBJ engendered, that portrayal doesn't seem to square with actuality. Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2022 With Guzmán trying to square the circle of closing a restructuring with the International Monetary Fund while taking an exhilarating hit of monetary madness, the troop in Argentina is trying to get on with some Peronism. Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 Who better than the visionary founder of the world’s largest online entertainment empire to square that circle, to fashion a formula that will work for a fifth of the global population?Wired, 20 July 2022 Pence has opted to launch his from this pathetic patch of middle ground, desperately hoping to to square this impossible circle. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 22 June 2022 Then again The Silent Twins sets itself a very tricky task of being both about the women’s inner lives and outer lives at the same time, but doesn’t quite know how to square the circle. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2022 Black, however, struggled to square the circle here with regard to backing Ninja acts looking to create NFTs and the environmental toll that could result from their activities. Eamonn Forde, Forbes, 25 May 2021 That sense of chaos can be difficult to square with longer-term data showing that, on many metrics, the world is generally becoming better off. Max Fisher, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022
Adverb
Indeed, Sunni Sunni’s styles, including square-toed mules with bold chain hardware and colorful heeled boots with python-print embossing, are available in a full range of men’s and women’s sizing.New York Times, 24 Mar. 2022 Trapani said Schild exited the backyard through a side gate and charged at officers while holding a metal framing square over his head. Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2022 Healdsburg's redwood- and Bradford pear–canopied square. Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2021 Sarah Flint looked at pointe slippers—somewhat square-toed, but also rounded—in the design of these flats. Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2021 The driver got out to assess the damage, and the cyclist punched him square in the face. Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2021 Cut parts square and then trim away a few whisper-fine shavings of wood for a furniture-quality fit. Thomas Klenck, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2020 Even in the Midwest, where the thin-crusted, square-cut pizzas originated, tavern pies tend to play second fiddle to the deep dish and pan pies of the world. Michael Russell, oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2020 Thank goodness that got me back square, so that was a lot of fun. Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadrare to square, from Latin ex- + quadrare to square — more at quadrate