admeasuring

verb

present participle of admeasure
as in measuring

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for admeasuring
  1. measuring
  2. dividing
  3. dealing
  4. prorating
  5. allotting
  6. handing out
  7. splitting
  8. dispensing
Verb
  • If the answer swings on how the question was phrased, the model is not measuring anything about the match.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • With its spectacular imagery of bioluminescent creatures, not to mention a giant squid measuring somewhere between 2-4 storeys tall, this is a film that demands to be seen on the big screen.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of measuring
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  • The bill would create a federal rulebook for issuing, trading and holding digital assets, dividing oversight between the SEC and CFTC, Bambysheva writes.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Mathon downsized that proposal, and in late June asked to rezone just 98 acres for multifamily development, while dividing the rest of the acreage — much of it with wetlands — between traditional housing and industrial park zones.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of dividing
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  • Jeff Passan had the initial report of the Sox dealing for Bart.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • By this time, police believe, Brun had already begun dealing again.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of dealing
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  • Denver could cut his cap number almost in half by guaranteeing him $8-10 million, paying it as a bonus and prorating it out.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The players don’t lose any money, but the team gets to reduce their cap numbers by prorating the signing bonus over the term of the contracts.
    — Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of prorating
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  • Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.
    — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Definition of allotting
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  • Before the cars are back on track, The Athletic’s F1 experts Luke Smith and Madeline Coleman have analyzed each team to date this season, handing out midterm report cards.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Illinois is dropping another $17M this year, handing out grants to 39 organizations participating in the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of handing out
Verb
  • The rulings wiped out the dreams of thousands of Italian descendants who had been hoping to achieve citizenship, derailing life plans and splitting families apart.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This will be a preview of what sort of Republicans are winning in this seats drawn away from Democrats; Tennessee Republicans will test that on their new map two days later, after splitting up the city of Memphis.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of splitting
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  • In fact, three years ago, the FDA banned compounding pharmacies from dispensing seven peptide products over safety issues.
    — Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • Raymond’s father and uncle founded Thrifty Drug Stores, the homegrown chain remembered with particular tenderness for dispensing ice cream in improbably perfect cylinders.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of dispensing
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