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Recent Examples of rectangular
Our top picks include round, rectangular, and high-top styles, all compact enough to fit tight spaces, but still roomy enough for dinner plates, drinks, and conversation.
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Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
If the planet is in another orientation, the rectangular telescope can then be rotated.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Inside each 13-centimeter-long rectangular 8-track cartridge is a loop of almost 1 cm-wide magnetic tape that is coiled around a circular reel, as explained in an EverPresent blog post on the technology.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2025
However, there are also square and rectangular pizza pans for making styles of pizza that are four-sided, such as Detroit-style pizza.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
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Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
If the planet is in another orientation, the rectangular telescope can then be rotated.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Inside each 13-centimeter-long rectangular 8-track cartridge is a loop of almost 1 cm-wide magnetic tape that is coiled around a circular reel, as explained in an EverPresent blog post on the technology.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2025
However, there are also square and rectangular pizza pans for making styles of pizza that are four-sided, such as Detroit-style pizza.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rectangular
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectangular
Adjective
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The oblong Xeneon Edge is housed in a simple rectangular plastic enclosure with a slab-like appearance.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
26 Aug. 2025
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It is made from soft suede with a clean, oblong buckle.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Every cubic meter of air contains anywhere from 10 to 10 million microbes, depending on the altitude, location, season and time of day.—
Katherine Bourzac,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The electric fleet is delivering high-performance demolition across a 25,000 cubic meter site.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With adjustable sleeves and a boxy fit, the Abercrombie & Fitch Cropped Trench Coat is a cool, lightweight layer for brisk evenings, and the army green shade is especially on-trend.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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The collection covers the essentials with utilitarian-centric wardrobe must-haves via sweeping trench coats, boxy formal shirts, and oversized shorts.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One of the strongest examples of this new trend is French designer Llewellyn Chupin’s Ritual of Adornment collection, which offered a strong contrast between the blocky furniture silhouettes and the delicate ornamentation festooning them.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, Washington, stands just a few minutes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, a blocky concrete tower encircled by chain-link fencing and razor wire.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The were only a few objects and all had a single, cubical shape.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Feb. 2025
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The secret lay in the surface area of cubical foams.—
Jordana Cepelewicz,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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Built to last, the 2020 model features a new roof design that boasts up to 90 pounds per square foot of snow load.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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The scale is impressive at more than forty thousand square feet, but what stays with you is the ambition and the experience - an American vision of design planted right in the middle of Europe’s most iconic avenue.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This place exists in autonomy, in relief, a dry, febrile land of cuboid houses and scrawled horizons.—
Maya Boyd,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Aug. 2022
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The hefty hardback, which weighs nearly eight pounds, comprises 222 pages and more than 125 illustrations dedicated to LV’s iconic cuboid creations.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
21 July 2022
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“Rectangular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectangular. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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