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measure up (to)

verb

Definition of measure up (to)

as in to compare (with)

to come near or nearer to in character or quality he always worried about measuring up to his older brother

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Modeling an independent net-zero PJM is a good start because PJM imports/exports are proportionally small and can reasonably be approximated as a closed boundary.

— Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026
True, Ishiguro’s 2021 sci-fi novel was prescient in anticipating a loneliness epidemic that would put us under the thrall of machines programmed to approximate human conversation.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

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The music as a whole seems to reflect all of this moment-to-moment action at a larger structural level, shifting from one overlapping movement to the next according to the same fractal geometry that governs the beat.

— Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
When the two mix, the gas glows red, and the blue haze comes from light reflecting off space dust.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2026

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The production included a birthday album containing a page matching the Journal’s description, according to the ruling.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Deutsche Bank's recommendation matches the consensus on Wall Street, where 40 out of 55 analysts rate CrowdStrike a buy or strong buy, with 13 holds, LSEG data shows.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

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