as in shape
the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance
the geometry of Sydney's famed opera house is suggestive of some modernistic sailing ship
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Recent Examples of geometry
And what is replacing it is something far more ambiguous—a geometry of genuine progress and radical instability that Luce’s framework cannot contain.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
The player uses a stubby wooden bat shaped like a small frying pan to try to scoop it back, but the geometry defeats her.
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Mark Rice-Oxley,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 June 2026
Broward was down slightly for geometry tests, from 60% proficiency to 59%, while scores in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County were both up.
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Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The next pair, Steel Nomad's regular and Light subtests, focuses on APIs more commonly used for game development to assess gaming geometry and particle effects.
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Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
The player uses a stubby wooden bat shaped like a small frying pan to try to scoop it back, but the geometry defeats her.
—
Mark Rice-Oxley,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 June 2026
Broward was down slightly for geometry tests, from 60% proficiency to 59%, while scores in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County were both up.
—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The next pair, Steel Nomad's regular and Light subtests, focuses on APIs more commonly used for game development to assess gaming geometry and particle effects.
—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for geometry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geometry
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In what was billed as a bullpen game, Barnes handled the final seven innings, leaving the varsity bullpen in fine shape for the Padres series.
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Norway sat off during the second half, holding their 4-5-1 shape, and the Ivory Coast equaliser came about from a system switch and double sub.
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As the two form a close bond, Laila discovers there's some weird business going on within the house that threatens both of them.
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After several generations, those faster-growing cells produced more offspring and became increasingly common in the population, demonstrating a basic form of natural selection.
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“Geometry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geometry. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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