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Recent Examples of square one
That put the hunt for the source back to square one.
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Jackie Delamatre, Curbed, 30 Dec. 2024
The pair started from square one for this new US iteration several years ago.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Mars retrograde is sending you back to square one on home and family-related matters.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
County voters will also decide on a ballot measure that could add four more supervisors to the board, threatening to upset the consensus on the issue and return jail closure to square one again.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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Jackie Delamatre, Curbed, 30 Dec. 2024
The pair started from square one for this new US iteration several years ago.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Mars retrograde is sending you back to square one on home and family-related matters.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
County voters will also decide on a ballot measure that could add four more supervisors to the board, threatening to upset the consensus on the issue and return jail closure to square one again.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for square one
Noun
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He's been a 'Led Head' from day one and also loves bluegrass and big-band music.—
Nicole Briese,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Lawmakers have been trying to kill the holiday since day one.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Martín Wall’s ranch had become ground zero for Operation Lone Star.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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He was deployed to New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, as a rescue worker at ground zero after the terrorist attacks, and went to Louisiana to help with rescue efforts after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region in 2005.—
Lia Russell,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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It’s been on the city drawing board for years but has yet to go any further.—
Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com,
al,
27 May 2021
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Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.—
Ryan Gillespie,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2023
Noun
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Like veteran Atlanta pilot Brian Snitker, McCullough was a minor-league catcher who became a coach, manager, and minor-league field coordinator before finally reaching the majors as first base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers under Dave Roberts.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Torres especially struggled moving toward first base and back.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Like Thomas [Bangalter] did help us at the very beginning on a couple of things, doing pre-mastering.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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For example, in the experiment, oaths were more effective when they were placed at the end, just before participants reported their income, rather than at the very beginning of the game.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Square one.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20one. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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