How to Use quadrant in a Sentence

quadrant

noun
Definition of quadrantnext
  • The town is located in the northwest quadrant of the state.
  • Draw two intersecting lines that divide the page into four quadrants.
  • Open your Google Maps app, and get ready to fill up the Tokyo quadrant.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Dec. 2023
  • In Colorado, all roads were closed in the northeast quadrant of the state.
    — Jamie Stengle, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • All roads were closed in the northeast quadrant of the Colorado.
    — CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • District 1 is the oldest quadrant and has the least room for growth.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The deaths occurred in each quadrant of the city amid a recent rise in homicides.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Most of these stars are relatively close to the Sun and so sit in just one quadrant of the Milky Way.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Go to the richest quadrant of a major city and do your best to get run over by a Tesla.
    — Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The pool deck was laid on the southeastern quadrant of that base slab, with a pool and Jacuzzi in one corner.
    — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The first, in the northeast quadrant of the interchange, is owned by Sherwin-Williams.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 17 May 2022
  • Around two o’clock, that one grew a hook echo off the southwestern quadrant.
    — Tony Earley, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
  • The object is a horary quadrant, which tells the time by tracking the sun’s position in the sky.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • After that, the winners of the four bracket quadrants will move on to the Final Four in Dallas.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The city could even have a fifth dispensary, in the southeast quadrant of the city, officials said.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The size of the wind field in each quadrant of the storm is spelled out in each of the hurricane center's forecast advisories.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But the Tigers entered the last day of the regular season with just two quadrant-one wins to their credit.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The Dallas Morning News shines a light on the blackout that left the northeast quadrant of downtown dark 40 years ago.
    — Dallas News, 7 July 2021
  • The Albion-Webster project is slated for the northeast quadrant of Strongsville.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Then a text came back from someone pointing out that there was one more quadrant of games still to be announced in Greenville.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2022
  • As part of the process, existing executives are assessed and placed in one of the four quadrants that are the basis of the tool.
    — Roger Trapp, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • His second-pitch slider traveled to the lower-third quadrant of the strike zone, then traveled over the left-field wall.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Over the long term, the southwestern quadrant of the United States, which includes Utah, has been gripped by a profound megadrought — the worst in at least 1,200 years.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2022
  • There’s a bump in the middle of the green that effectively divides the green into two quadrants.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
  • Roll each portion into a ball, adding a little orange dough to one quadrant to form a spot.
    — Kim-Joy, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Better yet, divvy up the pan and place a variety of toppings in each quadrant, from fruit to chocolate chips.
    — Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Three neighbors in the quadrant of the deceased woman declined to talk to a Press Democrat reporter.
    — CBS News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Auburn’s staff will quickly get to work preparing scouts for the other three teams in the Tigers’ quadrant of the Midwest Region.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 13 Mar. 2022
  • In Portland, one of the seafood standouts is Flying Fish, a hybrid restaurant and fish market in the heart of the Southeast quadrant.
    — Jordan Michelman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Score an oval into each quadrant, leaving about a half-inch border; be careful not to cut the pastry all the way through.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 10 Aug. 2022

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