rectangular
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Knowing approximately when to head home for the day could be guessed by examining nature—even by looking at a sheep’s pupils, which go from a rectangular slit to a wide orb as the light fades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The shelters - rectangular red-brick buildings with a solid concrete roof and no windows - could accommodate up to 100 people.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The town also has around a dozen emergency shelters, concrete rectangular boxes measuring three by six metres, close to certain public places.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
In the newest version of the detector, the metasurface that absorbs light was redesigned into a circular shape rather than a rectangular one.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
When Misha opened the door, it swung out rather than in, and just inside the right-hand jamb was a small rectangular box, nailed on a slant above Anya’s head.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing rectangular
Geometry - Introductory
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Geometry - Middle School
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Number and Operations: Fractions
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