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as in corresponding
to be in agreement on every point
that explanation squares entirely with the evidence that we've seen
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as in bribing
to influence someone with a bribe
tried to square the police officer into ignoring the illegal operation
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Recent Examples of squaring
The moody Moon activates your 3rd House of Chatter while squaring radical Uranus in your 6th House of Sensibility, prompting updates in accordance with shifting timelines.
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Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
Your 6th House of Holistic Care and your curious 9th house are impacted by Mars squaring quirky Uranus.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
Though squaring over nine feet, the boar was thin.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
Yet in the long run, squaring that circle proved impossible.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Once the prompt has made it past the filter and through to the language model, the model can open the time-lock puzzle by repeatedly squaring the number.
—Peter Hall, Quanta Magazine, 10 Dec. 2025
Mars in Sag is squaring Neptune in Pisces this week, creating tension between your desire to hustle independently and your need to lean on community support.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Dec. 2025
With Venus in your career zone squaring Pluto in your sign, power struggles or clashes of ego could surface, especially if others project their expectations onto you.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
Your 6th House of Holistic Care and your curious 9th house are impacted by Mars squaring quirky Uranus.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
Though squaring over nine feet, the boar was thin.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
Yet in the long run, squaring that circle proved impossible.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Once the prompt has made it past the filter and through to the language model, the model can open the time-lock puzzle by repeatedly squaring the number.
—Peter Hall, Quanta Magazine, 10 Dec. 2025
Mars in Sag is squaring Neptune in Pisces this week, creating tension between your desire to hustle independently and your need to lean on community support.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Dec. 2025
With Venus in your career zone squaring Pluto in your sign, power struggles or clashes of ego could surface, especially if others project their expectations onto you.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squaring
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If their finish would have earned them prize money, USATF will pay them the corresponding amount.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2026
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Each pitch outcome has corresponding odds and users have a limited timeframe to choose whether to wager.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Saudi Arabia may still be able to get its tankers through the Red Sea by bribing the Houthis, Axios reports.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Two executives of a large utility, FirstEnergy, are now on trial for allegedly bribing Randazzo, who died by suicide after his own indictment.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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On Wednesday, Martens presented both his ready-to-wear and Artisanal collections together in Shanghai, the presentation coinciding with four exhibitions across China, each dedicated to a founding code of the house.—
Alexandra Di Palma,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2026
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The wintry mix will peak Thursday morning, coinciding with the morning commute.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
1 Apr. 2026
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Parents love having an easy, reusable activity for restaurants, travel days, sleepovers or quiet time at home.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Blue Owl, which is unique in having two of these nontraded private credit funds, is also among the last to report redemptions.—
Leslie Picker,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Researchers have developed new hair-thin actuator fiber that can pave way to build safer soft robots and body-conforming wearable devices designed to interact closely with people.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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Exile is a state of being barred from a homeland—of being forced to live in a foreign world as punishment for not conforming.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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The accounts had various purposes, such as investing in securities or buying real estate.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Their charming formality recalls closets of another era, when buying well mattered more than following any passing fad.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
27 Mar. 2026
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In analyzing the cases of murder exonerees who sued, the Tribune found cases typically spawned roughly 300 docket entries and cost taxpayers nearly $900,000 in legal defense fees as the city often took the cases to the verge of trial before agreeing to pay.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Several of the defendants have been hit with similar issues at the original Astor on Third building, agreeing to a $500,000 lawsuit settlement in February that requires them to fix accessibility issues.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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On the left, he’s heralded as the only voice capable of seducing young men disaffected by party politics.—
Abigail Sylvor Greenberg,
Vanity Fair,
20 Mar. 2026
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One of her alternate personalities — the cold and calculating Samantha — joins law enforcement to pursue her father’s killers, while other identities begin to surface with their own motives, seducing and manipulating powerful men as Sylvia’s search for justice veers into vengeance.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Squaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squaring. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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