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cube

[kyoob] / kjub /
NOUN
six-sided solid
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He was also known for his metal cube sculptures, which have been called quilt-like.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

There sits the studio, an austere black cube jutting into the countryside, guarded by a giant sculpture of a gorilla.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

About the size of a cookie, each array contains eight quartz corner cube prisms mounted inside a dome shaped aluminum frame.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

The new process helps the cube rotate more smoothly—and keeps the price under $10.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

We heated water to soak a cube of gichy-michy in, and drank the water hot, sometimes with a bit of sugar melted in it; harnessed up again and went on.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

"Many of us here run small stalls. We used to make ice cubes, but we can't anymore."

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Alice Woelfle, 43, a journalist in Mar Vista, said she put ice cubes in her dog Olive’s water bowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

While waiting for the magic to start, we listened to the hi-hat riff of ice cubes click-clacking as Stotler worked a cocktail shaker.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

The device used cubes of natural uranium suspended in heavy water, a specialized substance that played an essential role in controlling the nuclear reaction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Look. I see ice cubes floating over there.”

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Then came the second of my pre-cooked chicken breasts, cubed and folded through the sauce until everything was glossy and steaming.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

"It's very sandy ground, access, 7,000 metre cubed of material in there approximately, but that's not when you've dug the hole - when you dig the hole and refill it, you could double that."

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

Renderings of the structure, which is situated in Symphony Park, show a cubed modernist building with a large awning that stretches over a bustling entry plaza to provide shade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

"One microgram per meter cubed might sound fairly small, but we have to think about how people are exposed to wildfire smoke," Casey said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024

I start filling my own plate with anything that will fit—salmon skewers, cubed potatoes, roasted corn, and garlic bread.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Nedoroscik, a seeming Rubik's cube aficionado, took to his Instagram account ahead of his team competition to get some cubing time in.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2024

Though the achievements have been notable, Schwan Park said speed cubing has helped his son learn to socialize, make friends and expand his horizons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2023

“The deeper I go into the realm of cubing technique, the more I find interest in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible there,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

The volume of a cube is calculated by cubing the edge length.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Superficial measures are derived by squaring those of length; and measures of capacity by cubing them.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone


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