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Recent Examples of square one
Even seemingly-small continuity issues can take the process back to square one.
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Rainesford Stauffer, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
Unless the board can vote on an amendment soon, Johnson is back to square one in figuring out how to fund the upcoming CTU contract — while racing to patch up a $175 million hole in the budget.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Of course, everyone knows how that played out, so now the Jets are back at square one at quarterback.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Neo essentially reboots the game and starts everyone at square one.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
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Rainesford Stauffer, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
Unless the board can vote on an amendment soon, Johnson is back to square one in figuring out how to fund the upcoming CTU contract — while racing to patch up a $175 million hole in the budget.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Of course, everyone knows how that played out, so now the Jets are back at square one at quarterback.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Neo essentially reboots the game and starts everyone at square one.
—Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for square one
Recent Examples of Synonyms for square one
Noun
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Together, Sinner and Alcaraz had won the past six Grand Slams, and that day one of them would win the seventh.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Being selected 23rd overall by the Green Bay Packers, the exception is that Golden will go out there and contribute from day one.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Next season’s Eastern Conference will be ground zero of the NBA’s parity gambit, molded into the shape of competition the league set in motion over the past half-decade.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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Kansas City isn’t exactly ground zero for Oklahoma City Thunder fandom, but the NBA team does have support in the area.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2025
Noun
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A number of potentially better reactor types have been stuck on drawing boards or at the experimental stage for decades.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Mar. 2015
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Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.—
Ryan Gillespie,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2023
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Senga, who missed the entirety of the 2024 season outside of a few innings with a shoulder injury and a calf strain, was on track for another All-Star appearance before he was injured trying to cover first base.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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When Freddie Freeman grounded out to first base, both runners advanced.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
9 July 2025
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From acorn-sized beginnings to its towering oak tree proportions today, the concept of Citizenship by Investment (CIP) in the Caribbean has developed into a dependable source of foreign capital for countries.—
Jared Mccallister,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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Bayern Munich have won the Champions League on six separate occasions while PSG finally got over the line this season with a stunning 5-0 win over Inter Milan that could mark the beginning of an era of dominance for the French giants.—
Darren Richman,
New York Times,
5 July 2025
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