tape measure
noun
: a narrow strip (as of a limp cloth or steel tape) marked off in units (such as inches or centimeters) for measuring
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Use a tape measure to measure the distance from the tip of your big toe to the wall.
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Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Some of the tests are tricky, even risky — standing on one leg with your eyes closed, for instance — and the entire exam requires expertise and equipment such as a blood pressure cuff, tape measure and foam pillow.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
At a nutrition center in Camp 15 of Cox’s Bazar – run by Concern Worldwide, with programs from UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) – babies are measured for malnutrition by wrapping a paper tape measure around their tiny arms.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Reed said he’s avoided raising prices on most items, choosing to take the hit to profit margins, but recently increased the price of a new tool – a smaller version of its digital tape measure.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
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Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Some of the tests are tricky, even risky — standing on one leg with your eyes closed, for instance — and the entire exam requires expertise and equipment such as a blood pressure cuff, tape measure and foam pillow.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
At a nutrition center in Camp 15 of Cox’s Bazar – run by Concern Worldwide, with programs from UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) – babies are measured for malnutrition by wrapping a paper tape measure around their tiny arms.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Reed said he’s avoided raising prices on most items, choosing to take the hit to profit margins, but recently increased the price of a new tool – a smaller version of its digital tape measure.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Tape measure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tape%20measure. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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