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cuboid

adjective

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Recent Examples of cuboid View gallery - 7 images This neat little cuboid tiny house is simplicity itself. — New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026 The hefty hardback, which weighs nearly eight pounds, comprises 222 pages and more than 125 illustrations dedicated to LV’s iconic cuboid creations. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 July 2022 Jones tottered through the wetlands in hip waders, holding high a cuboid plastic container tall enough to enclose the towering tule plants. — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2021 On the north side of Independence Square, in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, is the House of Government—a row of cuboid white buildings, each with a checkerboard of identical black windows. — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021 Any chip is going to be approximately cuboid-shaped—again, see that Facebook pic—and would have to be small enough to pass through the needle. — James Heathers, The Atlantic, 3 June 2021 Yet Pattison’s reporting and prose bring the readers into the excitement of scenes that turn on these details, such as when White and his colleagues realize that all human species, new and old, seem to have a facet in their cuboid foot bone. — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2020 In three dimensions, meanwhile, exceptions to the cuboid rule were rare enough. — Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2020

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Production is ramping up to 40 million cubic feet of gas per day.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Preckwinkle said recently that about 100,000 cubic yards of debris from the area has already been removed.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of cubic

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The cabins are cute, cubical trailers—sleek with black paint and wooden details, and big picture windows.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
The company also made a 2015 purchase of Hinkel, a producer of window shades, cubical curtains and related products.

— Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of cubical

Adjective

Josh O’Connor has stepped out in a perfectly boxy and slouchy gray pinstriped suit, while Benito Skinner has embraced the timeless three-piece suit—only to ditch the blazer, throw it over his shoulders, and rock the vest.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026
But, as tends to be the case with these sorts of things, the details are what separate the boxy 4×4 from the rest of its peers.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026

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