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
  • Raw chicken was thawing inside a prep sink in low stagnant water measuring 81 degrees.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Bitcoin's trillion-dollar status is a blend of productive achievement, future wager, and the shrinking value of the measuring dollar.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of measuring
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  • The weeks that followed have been packed with political posturing, protests and provocative talk-show fodder, much of it aimed at dividing people much more than to actually support women’s sports.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Both my wife and I have been through the loss of our parents and found the following method has worked very well for dividing up sentimental possessions among the many brothers and sisters on both sides of the family.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of dividing
Verb
  • With the help of his best friend Cliff, Robbie decides to take matters into his own hands by robbing the Dark Hearts’ drug-dealing operation in order to provide a better life for his children and to avenge his brother’s death.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Over the winter, Arizona considered dealing Marte to another club.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 21 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
Verb
  • Adults can share the duties of handing out snacks and keeping kids entertained.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026
  • This entails handing out thousands of patronage jobs to rabbis, bureaucrats, undertakers, and inspectors.
    — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of handing out
Verb
  • Lindsay was working as a labor and delivery nurse at the time, while Patrick was in tech sales, splitting his time between a home office in the basement and work trips selling software that kept him on the road throughout the year.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • As travel costs rise, vacationers are splitting trips into two contrasting parts, seeking emotional balance while making one expensive journey feel more worthwhile.
    — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of splitting
Verb
  • Instead, the provider manages gas sourcing, compression, transportation, storage, and dispensing through a single service.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There was even a machine dispensing soft-serve ice cream at the Jay Street station in Brooklyn.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispensing
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