as in courtyard
an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)
the quad was the college's time-honored site for protests and celebrations
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Recent Examples of quad
Everyone wears white, and an enlarged portrait of Paul sits on an easel overlooking the quad.
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Zinzi Clemmons,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
The charging documents showed that Lunn restrained the victim in a bear hug, pinning her arms to her sides, and forced her to the ground behind a quad bench in an overgrown garden area.
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Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
The Slate 7 Pro is powered by a MediaTek quad-core CPU running at 2Ghz and delivering faster VPN throughput and enhanced multitasking capabilities.
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Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
The lawsuit claims that the anti-Israel demonstrators created human chains to block Jewish and Israeli students — or those perceived to be Jewish or Israeli — from freely entering the quad which contains key campus buildings, including a library.
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Peter D'abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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Zinzi Clemmons,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
The charging documents showed that Lunn restrained the victim in a bear hug, pinning her arms to her sides, and forced her to the ground behind a quad bench in an overgrown garden area.
—
Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
The Slate 7 Pro is powered by a MediaTek quad-core CPU running at 2Ghz and delivering faster VPN throughput and enhanced multitasking capabilities.
—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
The lawsuit claims that the anti-Israel demonstrators created human chains to block Jewish and Israeli students — or those perceived to be Jewish or Israeli — from freely entering the quad which contains key campus buildings, including a library.
—
Peter D'abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quad
Noun
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The vast courtyard of the complex, the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, was filled with mourners, many waving Iranian flags and carrying photographs of the slain leader.
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The deck is almost an expansion of this space, leading down to the central courtyard, where a giant California sycamore and a mature Valencia orange tree create a leafy oasis.
Noun
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This spring, across the nation’s auditoriums and quadrangles, members of the class of 2026 took their seats to receive remarks from distinguished guests.
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The bedroom, on a corner of the building, was the shape of an irregular quadrangle.
Noun
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Authorities have worked in recent years to reduce the monkey population through sterilization programs and by relocating some animals to dedicated enclosures.
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And if an enclosure isn't tightly secured, your chickens will escape and wander off without any regards for property lines.
Noun
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As soon as the game wrapped up, those guests shuffled out, and hours later were replaced by a rowdier group ordering shots at the bar, dancing to 2000s hits in front of the DJ booth and smoking vape pens on the outdoor patio.
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Avoid putting your grill against the side of your house or under a patio roof or someone else's balcony, for example.
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Flames raced through rows of vehicles at a Rancho Cordova salvage yard Friday evening, engulfing between 50 and 100 vehicles before more than 70 firefighters contained the blaze and kept it from spreading to neighboring businesses.
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Simple prevention methods include covering food, using fans, and keeping the yard mowed and clean.
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“Quad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quad. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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