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pentagon

[pen-tuh-gon, -guhn] / ˈpɛn təˌgɒn, -gən /


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The capital-P version outside Washington, D.C. might house America’s chief military strategists, but any tactical mind could appreciate the importance of America’s soccer pentagon to this World Cup campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Hint: It’s what you get when you subtract a twogon from a pentagon.

From Slate Feb. 22, 2025

The vision involves developing human capital, the digital economy and inclusivity and sustainability, he said, referring to it as the "pentagon strategy".

From Reuters Sep. 4, 2023

They could arrange four hat tiles into a hexagonlike structure, two tiles into a pentagon and another combination of two tiles into a parallelogram.

From Scientific American Apr. 10, 2023

I watched as she used the rotary cutter to cut a pentagon shape, sewed different scraps together around the pentagon’s edges, and ironed after each seam.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

It's like jumping into a kaleidoscope, with constantly shifting triangles, pentagons and octagons.

From BBC May 25, 2025

This process starts with the assembly of small, triangular parts into hexagons, which subsequently join up with pentagons to form the icosahedral structures of viral capsids.

From Science Daily Apr. 4, 2024

If the loop encompasses two adjacent pentagons, then the tile returns to the starting point rotated 120 degrees.

From New York Times Jan. 1, 2023

The circles represent End Devices, and the pentagons represent Routers.

From The Verge Jul. 29, 2022

His penchant was for textured synthetic fabrics, often featuring some geometric design like diamonds or pentagons.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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