measure (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for measure (out)
Verb
  • Avoid a one-way broadcast and dishing out insights.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • With Luka Doncic hobbled due to a stomach bug, the Lakers fell 116-104 in Game 3 in Minnesota, despite LeBron James, at 40 years old, playing 41 minutes, scoring 38 points, grabbing 10 rebounds, and dishing out four assists.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • His interest in sports analytics comes from his math teacher father, who handed out rulers to Trick-or-Treaters each year.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Jiang serves as the head of the main competition jury at the Beijing fest, which will hand out its Tiantan Awards on Saturday evening.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The pair confirmed their relationship on Instagram in October 2020, but appeared to have split sometime in 2021.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 3 May 2025
  • This means attempting to please both existing extraction players and trying to pull in new players, but splitting the difference has produced mixed results.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Verb
  • Around five years ago, William Roth Martin doled out nearly $8.8 million for a 117-year-old mansion in San Francisco’s affluent Pacific Heights neighborhood, just minutes from Lafayette Park and bustling Fillmore Street.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Metro Denver school districts — flush with COVID-19 relief money — doled out larger teacher raises after students returned to classrooms during the pandemic amid widespread staff shortages.
    Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The new 2nd-gen luxury Hyundai Palisade is sharp and beautiful proportioned.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Sorting the correct size was not straightforward, as the Italian tires on the truck were oddly proportioned and on metric measurements.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • It was appropriated $1.2 billion in fiscal year 2024.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • Washington should appropriate at least twice as much funding.
    MICHAEL BROWN, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • On May 10, Valparaiso University will divide its commencement into two events, with the College of Business and College of Arts and Sciences ceremony starting at 9 a.m. and the ceremony for the College of Engineering and College of Nursing and Health Professions starting at 11 a.m.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
  • If there’s rent or a mortgage, is the cost divided in half or according to square footage?
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • How to easily portion ground beef Tubed meat and ground beef are great in larger portions for portioning out and freezing.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2025
  • For clean cuts when portioning, dip the knife or bench scaper in flour before slicing.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Measure (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measure%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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