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as in district
an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature
lived on the edge of the central business quarter
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as in mercy
kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it
the coach told the team to show their opponents no quarter during the championship game
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as in residence
quarters plural
the place where one lives
maintained a level of cleanliness and neatness that was unusual for a bachelor's quarters
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
the militia is being quartered just outside the city
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Recent Examples of quarter
Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
What was to be our living quarters was one minuscule bedroom with a bathroom, a single closet, and a small sleeping porch for me.
—Fannie Flagg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Two hundred years ago, San Antonio quartered off its west side for Mexican Americans, who were legally barred from buying property elsewhere.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta expects that the U.S. economy will see a 2.4% decline in growth in the U.S economy in the quarter ended March 31, based on its latest estimate on March 6.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
What was to be our living quarters was one minuscule bedroom with a bathroom, a single closet, and a small sleeping porch for me.
—Fannie Flagg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
Black women were quartered separately, on the second floor of the gatehouse.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Two hundred years ago, San Antonio quartered off its west side for Mexican Americans, who were legally barred from buying property elsewhere.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarter
Noun
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The investigation began in June 2019, just before Cooper was promoted to lieutenant in another district.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Photos of the 10,000-apartment development, released by state news agency KCNA after the country’s leader Kim Jong Un inspected the site Saturday, show residential skyscrapers spilling out from a wide boulevard in the new district, Hwasong.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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In the process, water becomes a commodity subject to the mercies of the global marketplace, rather than a basic human right.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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Despite a string of what most would see as good news for the cryptocurrency market – such as Trump's strategic reserve, more interest from large investing firms and signs of looser regulation – bitcoin remains at the mercy of uncertainty in the overall market, analysts said.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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Market downturns, interest rate fluctuations, and economic recessions can impact investment returns, potentially weakening an insurer’s financial position.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The first step in a RIF is identifying positions and areas that may be affected, which OPM in this case says should have been done by Thursday.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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Michael died at his Los Angeles, California, residence in 2009 after going into cardiac arrest.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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The residence is situated on the banks of the Siletz River, the Statesman Journal reported.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Greenbrier has done more for the country than house its heads of state.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2025
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The teen inmate housed at the Pinellas Juvenile Detention Center asked staff for help with something March 11, but his requests didn’t get a response from Sandora, who was on duty in the inmate’s area at the time, deputies said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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About 30 minutes after the shooting, Jones was arrested at a gas station near his home in the Swope Park Campus neighborhood of Kansas City, according to court documents.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2025
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Maradona died during home hospitalization in the private neighborhood of San Andrés, in the town of Tigre, 14 days after undergoing surgery for a subdural hematoma.—
Gilles Salomone,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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On March 3, seven charging stations in a mall outside of Boston were set on fire just after 1 a.m. local time.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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Fans can also tune in live to iHeartRadio stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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In Africa, the earliest evidence of human rainforest habitation dated to 18,000 years ago.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Mar. 2025
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Ice may lie an inch or so below the Moon’s surface in many more regions than previously thought — which has major implications for longer-term lunar exploration or even habitation.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Quarter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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