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
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In Austin, a newly built home’s price per square foot was nearly 20% less than that of an existing home, making for the deepest price difference across the 50 most populated U.S. metropolitan areas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
This reverses the trend in recent years, when new homes sold for more per square foot than existing homes in 77 of 84 months from 2018 to 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
"Their biggest kryptonite is real estate cost," York warned, pointing to a brutal Manhattan retail landscape where average asking rents are between $350 and $700 per square foot.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
On the television, we watch a terse Head Peacekeeper lay out specific rules regarding how many people per square foot each resident will be expected to take in.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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