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Examples of square one in a Sentence
They lost everything and found themselves back at square one.
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That put the hunt for the source back to square one.
—Jackie Delamatre, Curbed, 30 Dec. 2024
The pair started from square one for this new US iteration several years ago.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Mars retrograde is sending you back to square one on home and family-related matters.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
County voters will also decide on a ballot measure that could add four more supervisors to the board, threatening to upset the consensus on the issue and return jail closure to square one again.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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Etymology
from the use of numbered squares in some board games
First Known Use
1960, in the meaning defined above
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“Square one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20one. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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square one
noun
: the first stage or starting point
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