squaring

verb

Definition of squaringnext
present participle of square
1
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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2
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 Synonyms for squaring
  1. corresponding
  2. bribing
  3. coinciding
  4. having
  5. agreeing
Verb
  • In recent years, brown has played an integral role in informing and building both the transformative and restorative justice movements by way of two prevailing organizing methodologies, each with a corresponding book.
    Fran Tirado, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
  • In its report Allianz modeled a handful of hypothetical individuals across generations, tracking their savings returns—and corresponding wealth—throughout their respective economic cycles.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of corresponding
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Robyn gains entry to the impound lot by bribing the officer, and takes off with the truck.
    Erica Thompson, TVLine, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Two businessmen were later convicted of bribing police officers and other officials.
    Jake Offenhartz and Karen Matthews, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of bribing
Verb
  • Wild Robot launched with a presentation at the recent San Sebastian Film Festival, supported by talent presence and coinciding with the screening at the Sitges Film Festival.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The earlier dates are in order to avoid coinciding with the Chuseok mid-autumn harvest festival, which is a three-day national holiday in Korea and falls in October next year.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of coinciding
Verb
  • While some solutions already exist, having possible autonomous correction to compensate for wind speed, directions, and other factors would be possible.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For website optimization, focus on SEO best practices such as using relevant keywords in titles and content, having clear meta descriptions and ensuring fast load times.
    Sam Nelson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of having
Verb
  • The company entered a settlement agreement with Pivot Holding LLC, agreeing to pay $500,000 for milestone payments under a collaboration agreement.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The company has settled a legal proceeding related to a lease agreement, agreeing to pay $100,000 in rent and $13,953 in nonrefundable rent deposit.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of agreeing
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Thesaurus Entries Near squaring

squares (off)

squaring

squaring away

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