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
The exact cutoff for the mass gap is still somewhat uncertain, and many astrophysicists are working on more precise measurements.
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Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
Kiger made some measurements of the animal and weighed it in at 130 pounds.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Nielsen expanded its out-of-home measurement panel in the fall of 2020, and the NFL has been the biggest beneficiary of the OOH boost, with its Thanksgiving games garnering ratings not seen since the mid-1990s.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But behind the glow lies one of the toughest engineering battles in today’s measurement tools.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
Kiger made some measurements of the animal and weighed it in at 130 pounds.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Nielsen expanded its out-of-home measurement panel in the fall of 2020, and the NFL has been the biggest beneficiary of the OOH boost, with its Thanksgiving games garnering ratings not seen since the mid-1990s.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But behind the glow lies one of the toughest engineering battles in today’s measurement tools.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for measurement
Noun
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Approaching 36,000 acres in size, the fire moves closer to indirect containment lines as firing operations continue.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Before that, most groups received between $10,000 and $50,000, depending on the organization's size and reach in the community.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This pair of pull-on pants comes in gray and a gray plaid design that will add texture and dimension to so many of my fall outfits.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2025
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But in India, there's another dimension to this problem.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Measurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measurement. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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