square one

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Recent Examples of square one 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 See All Example Sentences for square one
Recent Examples of Synonyms for square one
Noun
  • He's been a 'Led Head' from day one and also loves bluegrass and big-band music.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • With Duda at the helm, Poland has been at the forefront of supporting Ukraine since day one of Russia's aggression.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Mississippi Delta Clarksdale is ground zero, a town with numerous juke joints (blues music venues) where the Delta spawned such legends as John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Ma Rainey, Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King.
    gqlshare, Orange County Register, 19 Feb. 2025
  • In 1987, Gutfeld graduated from Berkeley, ground zero for the Marxist opposition to the Ronald Reagan regime.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • It’s been on the city drawing board for years but has yet to go any further.
    Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com, al, 27 May 2021
  • Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.
    Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • Like veteran Atlanta pilot Brian Snitker, McCullough was a minor-league catcher who became a coach, manager, and minor-league field coordinator before finally reaching the majors as first base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers under Dave Roberts.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Torres especially struggled moving toward first base and back.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Like Thomas [Bangalter] did help us at the very beginning on a couple of things, doing pre-mastering.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Post has been dating Christy Lee since the beginning of this year, sources told the outlet.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Square one.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20one. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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