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Recent Examples of square one
However, without proper financial stewardship, this could all end up back at square one.
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Richard Okon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
For many, the discomfort of side effects or the challenge of maintaining the regimen pushes them back to square one.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The series of events sent Republicans back to square one, huddling in Johnson’s office for hours trying to come up with an alternative plan.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
And just like that, the conversation spirals back to square one, with insults flying once again.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
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Richard Okon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
For many, the discomfort of side effects or the challenge of maintaining the regimen pushes them back to square one.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The series of events sent Republicans back to square one, huddling in Johnson’s office for hours trying to come up with an alternative plan.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
And just like that, the conversation spirals back to square one, with insults flying once again.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for square one
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Getting used to the bare-bones shoot took time, but the nerve-racking encounters started on day one.Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Focus on profitability from day one, conduct rigorous user discovery and build a team and network with strong connections into your target industry.Jamil Wyne, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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The church, about 500 yards from ground zero and near the Nagasaki Peace Park, is widely seen as a symbol of hope and peace, as its bell tower and some statues survived the nuclear bombing.Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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After all, tourists from around the world pay to see sites like the Chernobyl in Ukraine, ground zero in New York City and former Nazi concentration camps in Poland.Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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It’s been on the city drawing board for years but has yet to go any further.Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com, al, 27 May 2021
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Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
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General manager Brian Cashman filled the Yankees' hole at first base with 2022 National League MVP Award winner Paul Goldschmidt.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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The Reds need another power bat for either first base or the outfield.Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have used a distortion in space to reveal over 40 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years from the Milky Way—halfway back to the beginning of the universe.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Here’s a peek at the coaches who have followed Adelman — from 2006, the beginning the Kings league-record 16-season playoff drought Brown to an end in 2022, through to the present.Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Square one.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20one. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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