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Recent Examples of Synonyms for measured (out)
Verb
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In Budapest ahead of the vote, people were divided on whether Orbán’s long political rule could really come to an end.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026 -
Dining on one popular cruise ship is getting a comfort-food shakeup — and passengers are divided over the change.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Barely 24 hours after LaMelo Ball’s play on Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo, the NBA handed out its discipline for the act.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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To that end, Vancouver handed out nearly $200 million in total contractual commitments to veteran players like Brock Boeser, Kevin Lankinen, Thatcher Demko, Marcus Pettersson, Drew O’Connor and Conor Garland between January and July 2025.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Newsom rolled out the program in 2019 and California has doled out $5 billion through it.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In an interview for Page Six published on April 7, the bestselling author, whose new novel American Fantasy is out now, doled out some of her own recommended reading.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Measured (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measured%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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