square with
verb
squared with; squaring with; squares with
1
: to agree with (something)
Your story doesn't square with the facts.
2
: to make (something) agree with (something)
How can they square what they've done with what they've said?
3
: to get agreement about or approval of (something) from (someone)
I'll go on the trip if I can square it with my parents.
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But that’s hard to square with the panic that took hold of Moscow last month, when an annual military parade was shortened for fear it would be interrupted by Ukrainian drones.
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
So how does that square with his increasingly precarious political standing?
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
As is tradition on the monarch’s birthday, King Frederik X came out on the balcony of Amalienborg Palace to greet the citizens who had gathered in the square with flags and congratulatory posters.
—Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 28 May 2026
And candidly, in my day-to-day work running a fintech company, the hysteria simply doesn’t square with the reality.
—Gil Mandelzis, Fortune, 27 May 2026
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
So how does that square with his increasingly precarious political standing?
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
As is tradition on the monarch’s birthday, King Frederik X came out on the balcony of Amalienborg Palace to greet the citizens who had gathered in the square with flags and congratulatory posters.
—Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 28 May 2026
And candidly, in my day-to-day work running a fintech company, the hysteria simply doesn’t square with the reality.
—Gil Mandelzis, Fortune, 27 May 2026
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“Square with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20with. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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