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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
Panorama Media Ltd., Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Privately sequestered on a five-acre plot, the estate comprises more than 10,000 square feet of living space split between three structures.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
On Christmas Eve, Jupiter retrograde in Gemini (in your fourth house of home, family and emotional foundations) will square Saturn in your sign.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Sam Corbin, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Venus in Pisces squares Jupiter retrograde in Gemini, expanding the need to care for everyone.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The archipelago spans just 122 square miles and three beguiling islands.
—Panorama Media Ltd., Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Privately sequestered on a five-acre plot, the estate comprises more than 10,000 square feet of living space split between three structures.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
Any new administration needs to square its sweeping campaign rhetoric with the realities of market behavior, fiscal constraints, and the actions of U.S. adversaries.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
On Christmas Eve, Jupiter retrograde in Gemini (in your fourth house of home, family and emotional foundations) will square Saturn in your sign.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
Black squares at the center of the grid form the outline of the dreidel and, in keeping with the song’s lyrics, the white dreidel squares contain only the letters C, L, A and Y.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Venus in Pisces squares Jupiter retrograde in Gemini, expanding the need to care for everyone.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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After posing for a photo opportunity with then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in his private office, the men filed through into the cabinet room next door and took seats at its long, rectangular table.Billy Perrigo, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ribbons were popular as a clasp from the 1400s until the 1780s, before metal terminals in circular, rectangular or D-shapes became more highly used.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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In 1965, Brooklyn’s then-mayor, George Thomas, told the Illinois Crime Commission that gamblers spent $600,000 a year on food and drinks in Brooklyn (equal to nearly $6 million today).Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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In the last five years, India lost an additional 370 square miles of forests, equal to a mid-sized American city like Indianapolis.Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Goldman’s $96 price target corresponds to a roughly 45% upside for shares of Uber.Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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The executive was detained in 2020 after being accused of helping bribe an assistant to former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.Filip Timotija, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
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Spector in his first court case had pleaded guilty to helping bribe an assistant to an ex-Russian deputy prime minister.Reuters, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Today host Hoda Kotb began her last week on the show with a big Hokie surprise: Dozens of sorority sisters came from across the country to meet her on the plaza.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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Four people had been fatally shot in ten weeks in the plaza at 8700 Blue Ridge Boulevard at the time of the killing.Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
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In a statement released Monday, both parties claimed that Biden influenced the decision of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or CFIUS, which evaluates foreign investments for potential national security threats, and breached the companies’ right to an impartial review.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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Randy Grice, the former chair of the now-defunct North Miami Citizens Investigative Board, said his board had fulfilled an important function in the community: giving residents an impartial way to review uncomfortable encounters with law enforcement.Matthew Cupelli, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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The transition coincides with Cerutti’s new role overseeing artistic and cultural activities for Artémis, the holding company of Christie’s owners François Pinault and François-Henri Pinault.Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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This recent find coincides with another crayfish discovery: Two other species were newly described in North Carolina this month.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
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Yes, but: Residents still paying off their mortgage will pay their tax increases through their monthly mortgage payments.Ryan Deto, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
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High interest credit cards and other debt drain your financial resources and keep you from building wealth, so pay off high interest debt as quickly as possible.Melissa Houston, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Square.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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