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- noun Plural form of
square . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
square .
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Examples
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I know I made a big deal of opening the board out, but as the game progresses, certain squares can become unusable.
Some Thoughts, Part Eight – Interactivity « The Graveyard 2010
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I know I made a big deal of opening the board out, but as the game progresses, certain squares can become unusable.
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The meal is prepared and patted into a circle (one of the great strengths of Colombian cuisine is that they seldom experiment; this can be boring but whatever else Colombian cuisine is, it is reliable: the arepa does not come in squares or triangles or octagons, always as a disk), buttered and griddled.
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It used to be the marketplace, but nowadays markets have moved to covered locations and left the main squares for the congregation of the idle (time, in hot weather, adopts a more leisurely pace).
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I represented the results in squares that are all drawn to the same scale.
Boing Boing 2009
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It was utterly impossible to keep them in squares or order, so they made game of the plan, and almost defied the master.
Letter 324 2009
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The scenes of social satire -- featuring the dandy Josh Lamon and Allison Guinn as perfect squares from the over-30 generation -- exude a mocking sharpness to which they've only previously aspired.
The wonderfully unruly 'Hair' is still a blowout 42 years after its Broadway debut Peter Marks 2010
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My favorite long-standing Basque tradition is the love for their lyrical language, which, unlike Provençal, can still be heard on the street and in squares and shops.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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There is absolutely no rule saying that I am bound to the 2d map, or even to think in squares, but nearly everyone seems to be locked into that mindset already.
D&D 4e’s Out… And It’s Awful. Here’s Why « Geek Related 2008
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Cut in squares and sprinkle top with powdered sugar.
Are you familiar with wacky cake? | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
oroboros commented on the word squares
In wordplay, letters whose positions in the alphabet are perfect squares: a,d,i,p,y.
--Chris Cole, Wordplay
May 23, 2008