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as in equal
marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias
received a square hearing from the disciplinary panel
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as in to correspond
to be in agreement on every point
that explanation squares entirely with the evidence that we've seen
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as in to bribe
to influence someone with a bribe
tried to square the police officer into ignoring the illegal operation
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as in standpatter
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Recent Examples of square
Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Stretching across 3,000 square miles near the borders with Rwanda and Uganda, the reserve includes territory controlled by the M23 militia.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
Ohio lawmakers would lack time to square the two in time for November ballots to be prepared, causing confusion for voters.
—CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
The numbers say which square is which, who owns what.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
San Ysidro Health will gather with the community on Saturday to celebrate the opening of the Macias Family Health Center, a 44,000-square-foot medical facility in National City that will consolidate and expand two existing clinics that the medical provider already operates in the area.
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Still, with the number of times Denver has hit and sacked quarterbacks, two fumbles forced and one recovered is difficult to square.
—Noun
The neighborhood/area The hotel has a plum position on the Eendrachtsplein, a buzzy town square in the heart of the city with trams, buses, and a metro line connecting it to all corners of town.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for square
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Folding a rectangular towel that was laid out by a presenter took CLOiD about 30 seconds.—
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Traditionally, data centers are large, rectangular buildings with little architectural flair.—
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As a result, Noel said, Haiti is often treated less as an equal partner in regional integration than as a vehicle through which CARICOM can project influence internationally.—
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The show is equal parts investigation into the craft of writing and conversation about the topics of an author’s work.—
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The two began corresponding and soon Osubor was working on Rockwell’s latest film, The Projectionist (starring Chicago Hope’s Vondie Curtis-Hall and executive produced by Quentin Tarantino).—
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The precocious young Goff corresponded with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright early in his career.—
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There's no shame in a little bit of bribing to get the job done!—
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After a seven-week trial, Lopez was convicted in March 2023, along with the sports marketing firm Full Play Group, of participating in a scheme to bribe South American soccer officials.—
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The vacant Roy Rogers, which will become home to a Carroll County Tim Hortons, is located in the Eldersburg Commons plaza at 6400 Ridge Road.—
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But Fredeen said Monday that the company plans to collaborate with the neighboring businesses and organize more ways to activate the plaza to draw in people, potentially through things like yard games and art events.—
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Its skull also showed reduced articulations between key bones and a shallow quadrate angle, both of which are associated with piscivory.—
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This is essential to ensure the impartial, neutral, and independent delivery of aid throughout the whole of Gaza.—
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Defense attorney Leah Gillis countered that sequestering jurors would chill candid discussion and signal that open conversations about bias are not tolerated, undermining the goal of an impartial jury.—
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However things turn out next month, Bowe’s 38th birthday will coincide with another passage in her life, one dripping with anticipation and, perhaps, a dose of poignancy.—
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But this place on our planet does not coincide with Earth’s magnetic or geomagnetic South Poles—those are related to the planet’s magnetic field and are located on the Adélie Coast and near Russia’s Vostok Station, respectively.—
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“Square.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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