rectangle

as in square

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Recent Examples of rectangle The sheet looks like a series of rectangles that split players by position into four overall tiers and nine different buckets. Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 The teacher explained that the base of the pyramid could be broken down into 6 rectangles, which wasn't satisfying to myself or my niece. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025 The gown took 7,600 hours of handwork and was embroidered with more than 1.4 million beads including 222,000 pieces of black rectangle sequins, more than a million pieces of black bugle beads and 103,500 pieces of black cut beads. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025 Roll dough into a 9- x 7-inch rectangle, about 3/4-inch thick. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rectangle
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Noun
  • Images of security forces lining Tiananmen Square again surfaced on Wednesday, though the square stood relatively empty.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
  • The square is envisioned as an epicenter of art, theater and community gathering, said Tyler Stamets, a member of the Community Heritage Foundation board and the concert coordinator.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
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  • The sculpture appears in the form of a glass cube, which glows with light that changes color based on live temperature data taken from the Hoh Rain Forest in near Seattle, Washington State.
    Lucy Handley, CNBC, 1 June 2025
  • Open, add three to five cubes or a generous handful of pebble ice, seal and shake vigorously for about three to four minutes.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 31 May 2025

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“Rectangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectangle. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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