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as in district
an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature
lived on the edge of the central business quarter
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as in mercy
kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it
the coach told the team to show their opponents no quarter during the championship game
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as in residence
quarters plural
the place where one lives
maintained a level of cleanliness and neatness that was unusual for a bachelor's quarters
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
the militia is being quartered just outside the city
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Recent Examples of quarter
Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2025
Plus, the resulting tariffs should be a quarter lower than stated because the Trump administration erred in its calculations by undervaluing how the duty could impact items’ import prices, noted economists for the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Two hundred years ago, San Antonio quartered off its west side for Mexican Americans, who were legally barred from buying property elsewhere.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The Wedbush analyst recommends tossing out the next few quarters (June and September) and working with new financial models for 2026 for valuations as the tariff situation gets negotiated.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2025
Plus, the resulting tariffs should be a quarter lower than stated because the Trump administration erred in its calculations by undervaluing how the duty could impact items’ import prices, noted economists for the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
Black women were quartered separately, on the second floor of the gatehouse.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Two hundred years ago, San Antonio quartered off its west side for Mexican Americans, who were legally barred from buying property elsewhere.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarter
Noun
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Sharing a name with the residential district in London where Grande reportedly lived while filming Wicked in 2023, the track is widely believed to be written about the Oscar nominee’s split from ex-husband Dalton Gomez.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Part of the whimsical display included pieces upholstered with Hemispheres Collection textiles in Milan’s evocative Cinque Vie district.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Their operations and revenues remain at the mercy of uncontrollable natural forces.—
Guy Courtin,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Customers are at the mercy of electric companies that raised power prices 11% in 2022 and 2.5% in 2023, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s state electricity profiles.—
Andrew Carpenter,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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Faced with a nearly $1-billion shortfall, Bass has been weighing whether to lay off more than 1,500 city workers — or almost 5% of the workforce — while also eliminating some vacant positions.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The letter comes more than a year before three of those five officials will seek to defend their positions in the 2026 election.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Apr. 2025
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Shapiro and his family had been sleeping in a different part of the residence, police said.—
Time,
Time,
14 Apr. 2025
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Residency And Citizenship Opportunities The Cayman Islands offers residence through investment in real estate.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Consider this compact case that’s ready to house your passport.—
Isis Briones,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2025
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The rear compartment houses the power cable, two cleaning pads, and the safety cord.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
19 Apr. 2025
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Officers picked up a child answering to Dylan in the Lykins neighborhood of east Kansas City around 6 p.m., near the intersection of Independence and Drury avenues, according to a KCPD spokesperson.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2025
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Rubble littered a street as rescuers carried one person away from the site, which the rebels said was a ceramics factory in the Bani Matar neighborhood of Sanaa, the capital.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Bypassing the need to downlink data to ground stations scattered around the world will also mitigate security concerns, such as possible interception of data by adversary actors.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Airplay rankings rely on a coordinated effort between promotion teams and station programmers nationwide.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Ice may lie an inch or so below the Moon’s surface in many more regions than previously thought — which has major implications for longer-term lunar exploration or even habitation.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
6 Mar. 2025
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The research builds on mysterious archaeological evidence that points to early human habitation in the ISEA, despite most of it being never connected to mainland Asia by land bridges or ice sheets.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Quarter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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