cubic

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Recent Examples of cubic Our home’s kitchen recorded a level of 25 micrograms per cubic meter, also well above the EPA’s threshold. Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024 New York, on the other hand, produced less than 10 billion cubic feet in 2020, despite the fact that the Southern Tier of New York sits on the same Marcellus Shale formation as in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Daniel Markind, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 Down fill power is a measure of the insulation quality of down, expressed as the volume (in cubic inches) that one ounce of down can fill. Will Porter, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024 The volcano released nearly 30 billion cubic feet of ash, leaving the atmosphere so densely clouded that residents had to light candles to see even during the daytime. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cubic 
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Adjective
  • Stripping down to a black business-casual bikini with silver accents and necktie while her long blonde ponytail whipped around behind her, the MC turned the digital cubical farm behind her into a sweaty nightclub.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The Hardness of Hard Problems For decades, the cubical foam problem went relatively unexplored in higher dimensions.
    Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The computers were blocky, the jeans were baggy, and the US military was sending Marines to Iraq to support weapons inspections.
    Sarah Scoles, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
  • According to reports from the Osservatorio Etneo, most of the lava flows have been small and cool enough to become blocky flows not too far from the crater area, but on at least three occasions since December 23, major lava flows have been produced.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2013
Adjective
  • The outer hardware is almost identical to previous few MacBooks — typical boxy aluminum unibody shell with a notch eating into the screen.
    Ben Sin, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Unlike its more masculine counterparts, including the chore coat or the denim jacket, the cropped cocoon coat offsets its boxy shape with feminine details, like oversized, covered buttons; a stand-away collar; and curvy sleeves that are cropped just above the wrist.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The city has also installed more than 1.4 million square feet of pedestrian space over the last three years and has redesigned streets, including Queens Boulevard and 96th Street in Manhattan.
    Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This place exists in autonomy, in relief, a dry, febrile land of cuboid houses and scrawled horizons.
    Maya Boyd, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The hefty hardback, which weighs nearly eight pounds, comprises 222 pages and more than 125 illustrations dedicated to LV’s iconic cuboid creations.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 July 2022

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“Cubic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cubic. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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