U-shaped
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of U-shaped
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Over to our right was a large U-shaped counter.
From Literature
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The researchers also observed a U-shaped pattern for mortality, meaning both unusually low and unusually high eGFR percentiles were linked to an increased risk of death.
From Science Daily
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics this month found a “U-shaped association” between after-school social-media usage and emotional well-being among Australian adolescents.
A middle-aged Latina woman and her two small children, a boy and a girl, were huddled on a U-shaped bench at the far end of the cabin.
From Literature
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The design could be modeled on the U-shaped Panathenaic Stadium in Athens—the quintessential example of pure classical architecture reconstructed in the second century and entirely clad in marble.
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