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rectangle

[rek-tang-guhl] / ˈrɛkˌtæŋ gəl /
NOUN
four-sided figure
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When will a small flat rectangle of electronics stop being the preferred form factor for the computers 5.8 billion humans carry around with them?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Another incident detected in early January involved around 1,000 Chinese fishing vessels clustered in an uneven rectangle, about 400 kilometres long, for more than a day in the same area of the East China Sea.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

The MetroCard, a scuffed yellow rectangle that lived in wallets, coat pockets and the bottoms of tote bags for more than three decades, is officially reaching the end of the line.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

So far I’ve yet to see any movie figure out how to integrate the dull activity of staring at a small black rectangle into something worthy of the screen.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

They did this twice, each time trying to center the twelfth panel in a larger, imaginary rectangle.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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