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
Shehu, 60, today lives in Miami, where property records show he owns a column-lined 4,000 square foot home on Miami Beach’s Flamingo Drive with his wife, a former Albanian television celebrity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The money he raised was used to fund Guo's lavish lifestyle which included a 50,000 square foot mansion, a $1m Lamborghini and a $37m yacht, they said.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
When he left the earth, Bull knew that he had every chance of passing through a square foot of sky unviolated by man before.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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