as in courtyard
an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)
the quad was the college's time-honored site for protests and celebrations
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Recent Examples of quad
The Carolina Panthers’ outside linebacker tore his quad on Christmas Eve last year in what turned out to be his final game with the Minnesota Vikings.
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Joseph Person, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
In late August, Vrabel walked up to his favorite diner in Nashville, two cups of Starbucks in hand — one, a quad espresso, for him, and the other for the journalist spending the day with him.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
The quad rotor carried the probe to a test altitude before releasing it over Rogers Dry Lake, a flight test area next to the NASA center.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
In particular, walking uphill can strengthen your quads (the front thigh muscles) and your glutes (your buttocks muscles).1 Large muscle groups in your body that are critical for day-to-day movements.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Person, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
In late August, Vrabel walked up to his favorite diner in Nashville, two cups of Starbucks in hand — one, a quad espresso, for him, and the other for the journalist spending the day with him.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
The quad rotor carried the probe to a test altitude before releasing it over Rogers Dry Lake, a flight test area next to the NASA center.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
In particular, walking uphill can strengthen your quads (the front thigh muscles) and your glutes (your buttocks muscles).1 Large muscle groups in your body that are critical for day-to-day movements.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for quad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quad
Noun
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The Southern Spanish-style courtyard is the heart of the complex, decorated with elegant arches, mosaic tiles, and lush greenery.—
Maya Layne,
Vogue,
16 Jan. 2025
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The building’s courtyard boasts its own economy — an ecosystem, really — where the residents are united by the effort to get by.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The quadrangle between the Temples of Jupiter and Bacchus had been filled with wooden tables and stalls selling wine and sfiha, a Bekaa specialty.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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But Stiller liked pausing on the precipice of the perverse love triangle—or quadrangle—of Mark torn by two halves of his consciousness toward two women.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
18 Dec. 2024
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This means our cafes, patios, and restrooms are for customers and partners.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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As such, Starbucks implemented a Coffeehouse Code of Conduct: This change prohibits non-customers from loitering in communal spaces like the cafe, patio, or restrooms.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Jan. 2025
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On the morning of April 29, police officers found a woman dead with multiple stab wounds in a dumpster enclosure in the 9000 block of West Sahara Avenue, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said at the time.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Jan. 2025
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Cheesecake, like most teen-agers, likes to sleep a lot—Somma compared her to a cat in this regard—and she can often be found beneath a blanket in her comfortable glass-and-steel enclosure in the main house, impersonating a ghost.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Quad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quad. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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