pentagon

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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

The bedroom is shaped like a pentagon and the sitting room with built-in shelving is the shape of a right triangle.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022

Nestled within the lines of the star is a pentagon.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife