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Recent Examples of square one
That put the hunt for the source back to square one.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for square one
Noun
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The Spaniard’s commitment to speaking English from day one was initially applauded, but that narrative changed when results deteriorated.—
Stuart James,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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The block schedule would include an anchor day one day a week in which the students would attend all of their classes for a shorter length of time.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The monument in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village section is in a tiny park across the street from the Stonewall Inn, a bar that became ground zero for the gay rights movement on June 28, 1969, when gay and transgender patrons and neighborhood residents fought back against a police raid.—
Susan Haigh,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Shelby Park, a municipal park along the border in Eagle Pass that had been a top crossing spot and ground zero for conflicts over immigration enforcement between the Biden administration and Gov. Greg Abbott, has seen few if any migrants try to cross on most days.—
Jack Healy,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Gurriel added to mix The Padres added some potential depth at first base and added to the DH competition on Monday, agreeing to a minor-league deal with Yuli Gurriel.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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Bobby Dalbec — another veteran who signed a minor-league deal with a big-league camp invite — has spent a majority of his five major-league seasons at first base.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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At the beginning of the Feb. 10 episode, host Jesse Palmer announced that there’d be one group date and two one-on-one dates.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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At the beginning of last year, Honda rearranged the corporate structure around its motorsport activities.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Square one.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20one. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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