Example Sentences

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Old Town accounts for 0.6% of the county’s population and less than 0.01% of its total square-miles.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2021

At roughly 4,400 square-miles, the island is about the size of the state of Connecticut, and is a three-and-a-half hour nonstop flight from New York.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2017

The area covered approximately 15 square-miles, or 9,600 acres.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2016

Over 100,000 square-miles in Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, gales raged up to 40, 50, even 80 m.p.h.

From Time Magazine Archive