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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

Its virtual universe spans a cube approximately 1.5 billion light-years on each side, providing a view of cosmic evolution on a scale comparable to the vast regions that today's most advanced telescopes can study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

The young competitor from Sichuan Province has mastered more than 1,300 Rubik's Cube solving algorithms after vigorous training that involved spending two to three hours a day on the cube over the past year.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ignoring amortization is akin to pretending the ice cube hasn’t gotten smaller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

It’s a deleted email hidden behind his menagerie of shields, hovering in my view as a locked cube.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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

More than eight decades after the war, the surviving uranium cubes have helped resolve a longstanding historical question, revealing just how far Nazi Germany remained from achieving a critical step toward building an atomic bomb.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The cubes are presented inside a black case.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Big drops stood out on them like sweat, and the ice cubes jingled as he passed them around.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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

“The speed cubing community has saved our lives — it literally saved Max’s life and our lives.”

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

I only had about 20 minutes to press my firm commodity tofu block before cubing and frying said curds up for lunch with a little sea salt, lime zest and juice.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2022

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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