square mile
Americannoun
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square miles
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of square mile
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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In some parts of the U.S. territory, their numbers have climbed as high as 30,000 snakes per square mile.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Today, Hood County has the sixth most planned data centers among Texas counties; per square mile, it ranks third.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Secretary of State William Seward paid roughly $12 per square mile of Alaska in 1867.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
The country’s east is heavily urbanized, with a population density about 50 times that of Arctic Scandinavia and Finland, where every square mile houses on average five people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
Jackson Park was one square mile of desolation, mostly treeless, save for pockets of various kinds of oak—burr, pin, black, and scarlet—rising from a tangled undergrowth of elder, wild plum, and willow.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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