Definition of quadratenext
as in square
having four equal sides and four right angles the four museum buildings surround a quadrate courtyard that is formally landscaped

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Adjective
  • The cool-girl shoes have statement square toes and extra-high vamps, plus a super glossy sheen.
    Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 3 July 2026
  • On a typical day, dispatchers, who cover a 1,000-square-mile area of Sacramento County for 10 fire departments, receive about 1,000 calls.
    Andrew Graham July 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
Adjective
  • Indeed, the Isaac 1 gets an unassuming Baymax-like pair of eyes set into a rounded rectangular head.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 July 2026
  • Its long rectangular layout makes the crowd feel intimate yet keeps the stage looking epic.
    Brendan Hay, SPIN, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • For comparison, a Caltech air monitor in Pasadena recorded about 650 micrograms per cubic meter during the Eaton fire.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, France, which gets around 70 percent of its electricity from nuclear power, is moving forward with its Cigéo (Center Industriel de Stockage Géologique) deep geological repository site, designed to hold 80,000 cubic meters of waste.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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“Quadrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrate. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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