squires 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of squire

squires

2 of 2

noun

plural of squire

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Verb
  • This reflection accompanies the release of Couture, a new film directed by Alice Winocour, in which Jolie stars as Maxine Walker, an American filmmaker who is diagnosed with breast cancer while in Paris on business.
    Monica Coviello, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
  • The buzz that accompanies the reunion of a great band doesn’t last forever – think of that other influential Massachusetts alt-rock institution that came back in the mid-2000s, Pixies, and how that initial excitement has dwindled with each successive post-reunion album.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Now, under the law named after her, magistrates and judges in North Carolina must be stricter when setting release conditions for people charged with violent crimes.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2026
  • Of the 931 federal judges and magistrates who responded, only 15 had ever fielded a challenge to audiovisual evidence as a deepfake.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Lots typically open three to four hours before the event, and attendants direct drivers to the next available spot.
    System Process, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
  • Everyone from groundskeepers to gym attendants greeted guests and were helpful if needed.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • If approved, an Iranian boat escorts the vessel through the territorial waters around Larak Island.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The filmmaker escorts her back to Romania to try to find her birth mother.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In the birthright citizenship decision, what the justices are looking at is the language of the Constitutional Amendment creating birthright citizenship, how it's been interpreted, and including a law that codified that amendment.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Labarga is the last of four justices appointed by Crist who sought to balance the court philosophically.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • The app also offers travel guides and organizes your daily itinerary, keeping all your plans in one place.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Sheridan bought several travel guides to different countries for research, and the duo got to work.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • French sister companies The Jokers Films and Logical Pictures International (LPI) have boarded Michel Gondry‘s upcoming film Little Fears.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The commission of inquiry, which called on international bodies to hold Israeli officials to account, is composed of three senior international jurists and chaired by the former Indian judge Srinivasan Muralidhar.
    Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 24 June 2026
  • Eskin favors changing the system for choosing judges to one in which jurists are appointed to a single 15-year term, eliminating the need for elections while also ensuring that jurists do eventually leave the bench to make way for others.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
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“Squires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squires. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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