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  • noun Plural form of square.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of square.

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Examples

  • 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

  • I know I made a big deal of opening the board out, but as the game progresses, certain squares can become unusable.

    2010 April « The Graveyard 2010

  • 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.

    Arepaehuevo « Unknowing 2009

  • 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).

    3 Small Town Evenings « Unknowing 2010

  • I represented the results in squares that are all drawn to the same scale.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Cut in squares and sprinkle top with powdered sugar.

    Are you familiar with wacky cake? | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008

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  • In wordplay, letters whose positions in the alphabet are perfect squares: a,d,i,p,y.

    --Chris Cole, Wordplay

    May 23, 2008