as in size
the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something
the measurement of the average house lot in that neighborhood is half an acre
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Recent Examples of measurement
When a survey showed the city’s measurements of the land were slightly off, the family refused to surrender the remaining two-foot sliver.
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Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Beauchamp said construction of the A&J Halloween House display takes about three months each year, in addition to about a month of measurements and planning.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
That number, based on linear measurement from Nielsen and digital data from Adobe Analytics, is not only an 87% improvement from last year’s NBA tip-off, which hit 3 million viewers on TNT, but the biggest audience the doubleheader has seen in more than 10 years.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Cascale—formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and developer of the Higg Index—is one of the world’s most influential sustainability measurement platforms for the textile value chain.
—Sunny Tan, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
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Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Beauchamp said construction of the A&J Halloween House display takes about three months each year, in addition to about a month of measurements and planning.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
That number, based on linear measurement from Nielsen and digital data from Adobe Analytics, is not only an 87% improvement from last year’s NBA tip-off, which hit 3 million viewers on TNT, but the biggest audience the doubleheader has seen in more than 10 years.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Cascale—formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and developer of the Higg Index—is one of the world’s most influential sustainability measurement platforms for the textile value chain.
—Sunny Tan, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for measurement
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Chief Deputy Greg Tabor said the smaller size of the pods allows for more efficient operation of the entire Detention Center space and help mitigate overcrowding.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Spanning nearly 24,000 square meters of permanent exhibition space -- roughly the size of four football fields -- the Grand Egyptian Museum houses around 57,000 artifacts.—
Ayat Al-Tawy,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Moussa and a former colleague had the idea to give the collection another dimension using geolocation technology to situate the Gaube images on an open access map.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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In Ibadan, the biennial activates the New Culture Studio designed by Demas Nwoko (1970), exploring urban and architectural dimensions of confinement.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Measurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measurement. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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