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Recent Examples of blockish
Stylistically, these bulky sculptures are like many in the show, whether large or small — solid, blockish, refined but not delicate.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
Bold and blockish, but soft around the edges.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2021
Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
Bold and blockish, but soft around the edges.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockish
Adjective
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Two computer monitors displayed a riot of overlapping windows, including an old, blocky software program called P-COM, which offered thirty-five types of commands.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The biggest transformation occurs in the blocky, brutalist Crucible Theatre, which shifts from staging Shakespeare and Harold Pinter to become the Theatre of Dreams — snooker’s holiest of holy sites, where 32 leading players from across the world compete to be be named the best of the best.—
Andrew Dickson,
Bloomberg,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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According to police, skimming devices are often placed on top of the card reader and can make the reader look normal but bulky.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2026
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But the actual products were not only few and far between, but primitive, bulky and clearly not ready for mass adoption.—
Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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The videos showed dense crowds waiting in organized lines with little movement.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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This is especially important near rushing water, around blind corners and in dense vegetation where sound and visibility are limited.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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“Blockish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockish. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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