admeasures

verb

present tense third-person singular of admeasure
as in hands out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for admeasures
  1. hands out
  2. measures
  3. deals
  4. parts
  5. splits
  6. doles out
  7. divides
  8. dispenses
Verb
  • It’s named after Anders Adolph Retzius (1796-1860), a Swedish professor of anatomy and administrator at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, which hands out the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
  • Each year, The Best Pizza Awards hands out accolades to the best of the best pie shops all over the world.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
Definition of hands out
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  • The Radio Songs list measures the tracks that reach the largest audiences across monitored stations throughout the United States.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The sovereign wealth fund uses a rolling 20-year metric as its primary performance indicator, which measures average annual returns over the most recent two decades.
    — Sean Conlon,Joseph Wilkins,Justina Lee,Lee Ying Shan,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 23 July 2026
Definition of measures
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  • The plot deals relatively little with the professional criminal classes, but rather with the tensions—emotional, psychological and fundamental of the upper middle class.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • The extended suspension of visits to Labadee’s white-sand beaches and popular overwater zip line deals another blow to Haiti’s already fragile economy.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Definition of deals
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  • Trever parts his hair to the right while his brother styles his combover to the left.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Later, Hamilton parts the sea on his kick scooter, speedily escaping from the hectic press area.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of parts
Verb
  • Eating out here splits between high-end fine dining and casual twists on Bajan classics.
    — Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
  • The cookie dough balls are rolled in powdered sugar, which crackles and splits apart while the cookies puff and bake.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
Definition of splits
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  • This Darla sandal, on sale for a limited time, doles out balance despite its towering platform height.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
  • Make a beeline for the flagship Olive Young store, the country’s biggest cosmetics retailer, where there’s a whole wall devoted to sheet masks, testing stations and a vending machine that doles out free skincare samples.
    — Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 17 July 2026
Definition of doles out
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  • Peck divides proteins into one-pound portions in freezer bags, pressing out excess air before sealing.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026
  • Nolan divides the sacking of Troy into two lengthy sequences, both shot under cover of darkness but edited (by Jennifer Lame) with a magisterial clarity.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Definition of divides
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  • The foundation dispenses $350,000 to $500,000 a year, according to the family's attorney, Stephanie Johnson O’Day.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • According to a news release, Sibley entered into a collaborative agreement with pharmacist Josh Harrison at The Compounding Lab, which dispenses drugs for people and animals.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Definition of dispenses
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“Admeasures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admeasures. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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