On the instrument panel, a graphic depicted each of the cars around us as a white rectangle and tracked its movement relative to ours.

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The start button sits in the middle of the drive buttons and works only when a smooth rectangle key fob is inserted fully into the slot and held down.

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Their comparison, it turns out, was based on a nearby Mediterranean-style home with many nooks and crannies that a simple rectangle doesn't have.

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Although roofless, it feels oppressive: a tight rectangle of low walls and odd sculptures.

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When you start the computer, you'll be greeted with a jazzy array of square and rectangle tiles representing applications, arranged into groups.

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Up to and including the idea of a rectangle with rounded corners.

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Not knowing where to go, I sat and counted the chairs, which now stood in a rectangle.

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And Poulton's "Hard Disk" is simple yet chic--a polished black rectangle complete with a bottom-lit LED that gives off an ambient blue glow.

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