square foot
Americannoun
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square feet
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of square foot
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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The asking price—$39 per square foot, per year—looked like a bargain when compared cursorily to other available office space in the neighborhood listed online.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Weber moved into the 3,356 square foot house in 1994.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The requirement adds complexity, creates many more potential points of failure and lowers the amount of energy stored per square foot, Mossburg says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
TikTok in 2024 signed a 143,610 square foot lease at the Moore Building in the Music Row area, having spent several million dollars to build out the space, according to the Tennessean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The township was desperately overcrowded; every square foot was occupied either by a ramshackle house or a tin-roofed shack.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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