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admeasured

verb

past tense of admeasure
as in handed out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for admeasured
  1. handed out
  2. measured
  3. divided
  4. dispensed
  5. doled out
  6. administered
  7. split
  8. dealt
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  • Although fines and suspended bans have been handed out to clubs, and some boys have been frozen out of the game for months until being cleared, few transfers have ever been banned by the five-step process.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Some of the top contenders are already coming into the ceremony as winners after the first round of awards were handed out earlier this month.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of handed out
Verb
  • The day’s events are measured in minutes, a ticking clock; the grief in years, a beating heart.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Chickpeas inside the microwave was measured below proper hot holding temperature.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of measured
Verb
  • Inputs divided by outputs established a unit-cost baseline that CFOs could optimize, benchmark and defend to the board.
    — Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, they were restricted to either the north or south sections, which are divided by the highway running over the track.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of divided
Verb
  • Sales of prepared food and dispensed beverages also increase slightly less than anticipated.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Saum Poorsaleh, San Diego police public information officer, said his department had issued more than 50 citations at Sunset Cliffs and dispensed about 350 warnings, written and oral, since mid-June.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispensed
Verb
  • The thousands of emergency responders had, as of Wednesday morning, doled out medical treatment to at least 4,070 people throughout several districts as of early Wednesday, officials said.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Before Tuesday's vote, the punishment has been doled out just 28 other times.
    — Claudia Grisales, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of doled out
Verb
  • Measles, mumps and rubella protection are combined into one vaccine administered when a baby is between 12 to 15 months old.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
  • He was not administered pain medication at the hospital, even during surgery as doctors tried to save his life, Hogan said.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of administered
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  • Vimeo is launching its second annual Short Film Grant Program, doubling last year’s prize pool to $300,000 to be split among five emerging filmmakers.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Upon hitting South America, the Kelvin wave splits into two, one heading north, toward California, and the other heading south.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of split
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  • The Frenchman was not the only driver dealt sanctions for such an infringement, but it was later determined the pit lane length had been measured incorrectly, leading to discrepancies with team pit lane speed limit calculations.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The right-hander was dealt to the Rays at the trade deadline after a rough half of a season with the Mets after the offseason deal that brought him over from Milwaukee.
    — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
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“Admeasured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admeasured. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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