Recent Examples on the WebListen and size up situations, but show discipline when deciding what to do next.—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024 Note that some shoppers said these shrink in the wash, so be sure to buy a size up or hand wash.—Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024 Cons There aren’t half sizes, but our tester sized up and found a good fit.—Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024 The company recommends sizing up when buying during the third trimester.—Maya Polton, Parents, 27 Mar. 2024 Although Hillsboro is not expected to draw nearly as many visitors as Hopkinsville, The Great American Eclipse, a website that sizes up the draw of the eclipse to towns on the path of totality, estimates that 15,000 to 60,000 people will travel to Hillsboro for the event.—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2024 Amid a circus of tableside preparations—servers theatrically shaking Martinis and flambéing cherries—diners sized up one another, eyes darting around the room suspiciously.—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 Like a private eye sizing up the details of a dicey new case, Joe Ide took the call from the Raymond Chandler Estate with a healthy amount of hesitation.—Nate Rogers, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024 That means that colleges are sizing up how to analyze applicants’ FAFSA data and calculate aid offers—a process that normally takes around five months—in a matter of weeks.—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
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