square one

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Recent Examples of square one One, the vote is destined to fail beyond the House — putting lawmakers back to square one on how to advance a spending deal. Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Sep. 2024 Unfortunately, even gal-pal Grace (Ana Gasteyer) drank the Kool-Aid which means Molly and her crew are likely back to square one. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 July 2024 Following an impulse to ditch your routine could put you right back at square one! Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2024 Any new approach would effectively have to start from square one. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for square one 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for square one
Noun
  • Kennedy says the order to remove the mineral, which the US has been adding to its drinking water for over 70 years to combat tooth decay, will be issued day one.
    WIRED, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Imagine walking through your perfect itinerary for your trip to Rome only to have blisters and sore feet on day one, curbing your ability to wander the city’s romantic streets.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Georgia was ground zero for Trump’s claims about the election being stolen in 2020.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Shipping ports are ground zero for the emerging hydrogen economy.
    David Blekhman, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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
  • The Astros tried to make a big splash before the trade deadline to solve their first base problem.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • One of the game’s most durable players, Garvey holds the National League record for playing 1,207 consecutive games at first base.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The Nuggets more or less survived a stretch of more than six minutes with Jokic on the bench and Doncic on the floor at the beginning of the second quarter.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • And this kind of tension has been with the symbolic capitalists from the beginning.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024

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“Square one.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20one. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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