quadrangle
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close, court, courtyard, enclosure (also inclosure), patio, quad, yard
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The campus quadrangle is largely quiet, other than the chants coming from the picket lines in front of building entrances and the roving marching band of protesters crisscrossing the campus. — Chloe Watlington, The New Republic, "The Labor Movement’s Newest Warriors: Grad Students," 6 June 2019 Silent Sam's century-long presence in the center of a main quadrangle ended around midnight after workers covered it with a tarp, lifted it with a backhoe and put it into the back of a truck for a trip to an undisclosed storage location. — Fox News, "Top UNC leaders condemn Confederate statue toppling," 21 Aug. 2018 Taylor and Rice designed a custom door whose quadrangle shape has no right angles. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "154-square-foot office pod stands out in a good way," 17 Oct. 2018 Practiced in the art of ceremony, the queen directed Mr. Trump around the quadrangle as the two participated in an inspection of her honor guard. — Katie Rogers, New York Times, "From Truman to Trump, Queen Elizabeth Has Met 12 U.S. Presidents," 13 July 2018 Fields used in pickup games range from manicured grass to informal quadrangles etched into the dirt — many next to ancient cemeteries, religious complexes and the remnants of pre-colonial neighborhoods. — Washington Post, "Soccer amid ruins: World Cup inspires unusual fields in Peru," 20 June 2018 Boarding school conjures a certain image: children in preppy blazers, leafy quadrangles in New England and tuition that costs more than many families earn in a year. — Laura J. Nelson, latimes.com, "Building L.A.'s rail system will create thousands of jobs. Can a transportation boarding school fill them?," 18 June 2018 His gaze took in the sun-beaten, gray adobe buildings, all one-story structures, that rimmed the vacant quadrangle. — Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, "'Elmore Leonard: Westerns' celebrates Leonard's mastery of the genre," 5 June 2018 The queen's private apartments are in another end of the castle quadrangle. — Nancy Nathan, chicagotribune.com, "At Windsor Castle, a look at Harry and Meghan's (relatively) low-key wedding site," 16 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quadrangle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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