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Recent Examples of boxy
The hood looks chiseled, and the whole silhouette gives a very boxy feel.
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New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2026
The museum has deconstructed the traditional, boxy narrative of art history and rendered the story itself a matter of curves and continuities.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Curved edges instead of boxy, straight-line layouts also soften boundaries and create a sense of flow that makes a garden feel more expansive.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Curved edges instead of boxy layouts trick the eye into seeing more room.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
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New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2026
The museum has deconstructed the traditional, boxy narrative of art history and rendered the story itself a matter of curves and continuities.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Curved edges instead of boxy, straight-line layouts also soften boundaries and create a sense of flow that makes a garden feel more expansive.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Curved edges instead of boxy layouts trick the eye into seeing more room.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boxy
Adjective
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Nataliia, who was seventy-three, lived on the seventh floor of a blocky Soviet-era apartment building on Kyiv’s Left Bank, not far from a power station.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Its Blue Armchair, on show at design exhibition Convey, is blocky and rigid with rough-and-ready industrial detailing.—
Francesca Perry,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For example, our closest relatives, the chimpanzees, have brains that average just 400 cubic centimeters; the average adult human brain takes up about 1,350 cubic centimeters.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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The one-million-cubic-meter-level salt cavern hydrogen storage demonstration project began operation in Pingdingshan on Saturday, signaling progress in solving one of hydrogen energy’s biggest challenges.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Luca Chiaravalle: The Smallest Muse Luca Chiaravalle makes miniature art galleries, the rectangular and cubical scenes housing tiny people contemplating art.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Even the workpiece itself was cubical.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Boxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boxy. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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