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as in corresponding
to be in agreement on every point
that explanation squares entirely with the evidence that we've seen
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as in bribing
to influence someone with a bribe
tried to square the police officer into ignoring the illegal operation
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Recent Examples of squaring
Your 6th House of To-Do Lists features the intuitive Moon squaring the dynamic Sun in your 9th House of Exploration.
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Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
Though squaring over nine feet, the boar was thin.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
Yet in the long run, squaring that circle proved impossible.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Once the prompt has made it past the filter and through to the language model, the model can open the time-lock puzzle by repeatedly squaring the number.
—Peter Hall, Quanta Magazine, 10 Dec. 2025
Mars in Sag is squaring Neptune in Pisces this week, creating tension between your desire to hustle independently and your need to lean on community support.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Dec. 2025
With Venus in your career zone squaring Pluto in your sign, power struggles or clashes of ego could surface, especially if others project their expectations onto you.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
That timing meant Mitoma had only Maguire to bypass when squaring for Yankuba Minteh after sprinting clear.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
Though squaring over nine feet, the boar was thin.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
Yet in the long run, squaring that circle proved impossible.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Once the prompt has made it past the filter and through to the language model, the model can open the time-lock puzzle by repeatedly squaring the number.
—Peter Hall, Quanta Magazine, 10 Dec. 2025
Mars in Sag is squaring Neptune in Pisces this week, creating tension between your desire to hustle independently and your need to lean on community support.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Dec. 2025
With Venus in your career zone squaring Pluto in your sign, power struggles or clashes of ego could surface, especially if others project their expectations onto you.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
That timing meant Mitoma had only Maguire to bypass when squaring for Yankuba Minteh after sprinting clear.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squaring
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As a result, the white stucco façade has a rhythmic sequence of bays, each corresponding to a room within.—
Busola Evans,
Architectural Digest,
9 Feb. 2026
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Both spaces boast corresponding color palettes and an elevated rustic theme to fit the rest of the house.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
7 Feb. 2026
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Sun’s co-conspirator, John Chen, was sentenced to 20 months in prison in November 2024 in a separate case for acting as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China and bribing an Internal Revenue Service agent in New York.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Then, in February of last year, Coral Gables criminal defense attorney David Macey was indicted along with Pagan on charges of bribing Costanzo to obtain confidential information about drug-trafficking suspects to recruit them as potential clients for his law firm.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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Dallas officials are inching closer to a decision about whether to leave or stay at the current City Hall site at 1500 Marilla Street, deliberations that are coinciding with the city’s efforts to keep its NBA team in town.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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The eclipse will reach totality in the early morning of March 3, coinciding with the full moon's peak, though the moon will set during totality.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Boxer Imane Khelif admitted to having the SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome, which is found in biological males, and undergoing hormone treatments to lower testosterone levels ahead of the 2024 Olympics in an interview with the French sports publication L'Equipe.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Angela Craig, the mother of his six children, was hospitalized on March 15, 2023, and died three days later after having a severe seizure.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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Why the Deadline Was Extended Again Although the particular provisions were temporary and, in many cases, optional, plans and IRA providers that implemented them are required to adopt conforming amendments to their governing documents.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Still, Roberts questioned the wisdom of conforming with the federal tax cuts amid budget shortfalls.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, says mounting media campaigns from federal prisons is hardly as simple as buying a ring light and pressing record.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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The agency owns additional acreage in the area, and Platform Ventures had expressed interest in buying about 305 more acres from Port KC for further industrial development.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Identifying a problem and agreeing on a solution is rarely a straight line in politics, and whether Democratic lawmakers’ comfort with criticizing ICE translates into full agreement on policy changes remains to be seen.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Stern faced one misdemeanor charge of engaging or agreeing to engage in prostitution in January.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Feb. 2026
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In the complaint, which was first filed in September in a North Carolina state court, plaintiff Heather Ammel accused Sinema of seducing her ex-husband Matthew Ammel, who began working for Sinema in April 2022 as part of her security detail.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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In Arthur Penn’s 1975 neo-noir Night Moves, Griffith is Delly Grastner, a 16-year-old runaway with a little girl’s voice and a grown woman’s body—on full display in an underwater nude scene—intent on seducing Gene Hackman, 43 and paunchy.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Squaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squaring. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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