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\ ˈmēt 
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\meted; meting
Definition of mete
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : to give out by measure : dole out She realized the stern retribution which justice metes to the murderer.— Edgar Rice Burroughs —usually used with outmete out punishment
mete
nounDefinition of mete (Entry 2 of 2)
: boundary metes and bounds
Examples of mete in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb And so, armed men who are trained to mete out physical punishment in the name of keeping the order are sent into situations that don’t require that level of intervention.
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Libby Watson, The New Republic, "The Solution to Police Murder Is Not More Money," 17 June 2020 The punishment online mobs can mete out is often disproportionate.
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Zeynep Tufekci, The Atlantic, "This Social Media Mob Was Good," 28 May 2020 An initial investigation suggested the massacre came in retaliation for the capture of three members of a residual FARC front by members of the indigenous guard unit, community leaders who mete out justice in their territories.
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Washington Post, "Slaying of 5 indigenous leaders shocks Colombians," 30 Oct. 2019 Countries would be free to decide how to mete out the rights.
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Bloomberg.com, "U.S. Cases Increase 2%; New York Beaches to Reopen: Virus Update," 3 June 2019 As Avatar, she's taken it upon herself to mete out justice to criminals, which leads to a reunion with a familiar face from the first book.
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Christian Holub, EW.com, "Read an exciting excerpt from new Avatar: The Last Airbender YA novel The Shadow of Kyoshi," 5 May 2020 Now, small businesses are suing banks tasked with meteing out the loans such as JPMorgan and Wells Fargo, claiming that banks prioritized the most lucrative deals (lenders are paid between 1% to 5% in fees to process PPP loans).
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Lucinda Shen, Fortune, "The chaos behind SoftBank’s scrapped $3 billion deal," 21 Apr. 2020 Curfews and social distancing will hopefully help mete out the number of infections slowly—because 2 million patients over 18 months will be more manageable than 2 million over six months.
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Sidney Fussell, Wired, "How Surveillance Could Save Lives Amid a Public Health Crisis," 21 Mar. 2020 But Inovio did it through an at-the-market agreement, or ATM, which is a pre-existing deal that lets the company mete out new stock to investment banks that then sell it on the open market.
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Damian Garde, STAT, "How one company made $208 million on an untested coronavirus vaccine," 13 Mar. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Common sense would dictate asking for nothing short of the moon back, especially with the leverage mete running.
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, "Keeler: Will Nolan Arenado be the straw that breaks Jeff Bridich’s back?," 22 Dec. 2019 It has not yet been snared in a catalog of designations and coordinates, of metes and bounds.
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Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine, "Polar Light," 10 Jan. 2019 It has not yet been snared in a catalog of designations and coordinates, of metes and bounds.
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Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine, "Polar Light," 10 Jan. 2019
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mete
verb\ ˈmēt \
\meted; meting
Kids Definition of mete
: to distribute as deserved
The judge will mete out punishment.
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