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Recent Examples of rectangle
Sixteen hockey executives in little Zoom rectangles on the ESPN screen at 7 p.m. on Monday — 15 general managers and one Miracle on Ice/four-time Stanley Cup winner.
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Arthur Staple, New York Times, 6 May 2025
One to two sandwiches cut into crustless rectangles or triangles will nicely fill a tiered tray or a small platter.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2025
Usually surfaces in a plane, such as a rectangle or a circle, are two-dimensional.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2025
Saddleback Caterpillar has a stout, brown body about an inch long with a bright green rectangle and an oval saddle marking on its back.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2025
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Arthur Staple, New York Times, 6 May 2025
One to two sandwiches cut into crustless rectangles or triangles will nicely fill a tiered tray or a small platter.
—Oset Babür-Winter, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2025
Usually surfaces in a plane, such as a rectangle or a circle, are two-dimensional.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2025
Saddleback Caterpillar has a stout, brown body about an inch long with a bright green rectangle and an oval saddle marking on its back.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectangle
Noun
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To meet rising demand, companies sprang up and began churning out rides – smaller versions for traveling carnivals and larger ones for town squares and amusement parks.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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The barbecue restaurant is just north of the square, and Alexander says business has suffered because of it.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The frames were built in Poland and shipped by a barge through the European river network to Marseille’s port on France’s southern coast for the contractor to pour the concrete to create 18 cubes.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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This set of compression packing cubes is a great start to making sure everything in your suitcase is tidy, in its place, and tucked neatly into cubes that make for compact packing.—
Carin Ryan,
Travel + Leisure,
21 May 2025
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“Rectangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectangle. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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