squared away

past tense of square away

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for squared away
Verb
  • Sorry to say, there are still lots of wrinkles that are being worked out.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But by 1950-51, Bear had worked out a way to make uni-directional glass that eliminated the cross threads, so the material could be used on the inside of the bow as well.
    Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Laura Pryor, the budget center’s research director, said the latest budget agreement hammered out by Newsom and top Democrats in the Legislature will also contribute to worsening poverty.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Speer is the first to acknowledge that many of the specifics of managing fishing, shipping, and other industrial activities around these areas still need to be hammered out; this agreement is meant to be the foundation on which to do so.
    Bonnie Tsui, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Refugeoly is designed to raise awareness about the challenges refugees face at Europe’s borders.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • And remember, the point spread is designed to divide the wagers evenly, not be a true indicator of value.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Was this planned over cocktails?
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Mexico's government has also proposed to raise tariffs on vehicles coming from Asia, particularly China, to 50% from the current 20% as part of a broad overhaul of import levies that the government planned to protect its local industries.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These shifting climates intimately shaped the biosphere over this span (and vice versa), and in occasional terrifying pulses, threatened to end it.
    Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • One of the earliest poetic works that collectively shaped us is the Shahnameh, an epic poem by the Persian poet Ferdowsi.
    Fatemeh Jamalpour, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The only @WoffordBaseball player to ever be drafted by the Yankees.
    Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Springer was a center fielder at the time he was drafted.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Squared away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squared%20away. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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