square with
phrasal 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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That would actually square with what the Wall Street Journal noted about a different area of genAI use—lawyers using genAI copilots.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
But that claim doesn’t square with the dismissal earlier this year of 1,000 NIH employees, or with news accounts of a plan to slash 30% of the Health and Human Services budget and 40% of the NIH budget.
—Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
What Krista and Bob’s friends told me squared with my own sense of what dating in the Bay Area was like.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 7 July 2025
That emphasis doesn’t quite square with the ethos of Matsuhisa’s restaurants, where sushi is meant to be the star of the show and the sushi bars are slightly elevated above the dining room, like a stage.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 June 2025
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
But that claim doesn’t square with the dismissal earlier this year of 1,000 NIH employees, or with news accounts of a plan to slash 30% of the Health and Human Services budget and 40% of the NIH budget.
—Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
What Krista and Bob’s friends told me squared with my own sense of what dating in the Bay Area was like.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 7 July 2025
That emphasis doesn’t quite square with the ethos of Matsuhisa’s restaurants, where sushi is meant to be the star of the show and the sushi bars are slightly elevated above the dining room, like a stage.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 June 2025
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“Square with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20with. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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