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Recent Examples of measurement Albert Einstein's relativity revealed that measurements of time and space (including our sense of when two events are simultaneous) are relative. Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026 The Questions To Ask Your Marketing Team Three questions now belong on the marketing team’s agenda, and each is answerable with today’s measurement practices rather than next year’s tools. Alex Osmichenko, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Considering recent changes to Nielsen’s measurement system, the broader multiyear decline and the double-digit year-over-year drop are notable. Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026 But testing it has been impossible because nobody has managed to build an interferometer that could perform the necessary measurement. Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for measurement
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Noun
  • Opendorse's new estimates for the size of NIL in college sports in the 2028-29 season is nearly 60% more than its original forecast.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The state’s insurer of last resort, known as the FAIR Plan, has ballooned in size since 2019, after a series of devastating wildfires and escalating reinsurance costs led to mass cancellations of insurance policies across the state.
    Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • When a whisker bends against a surface, these sensors measure tiny pressure shifts to calculate contact depth and location in three dimensions instantly.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • At trial, prosecutors laid out evidence to show how the dimensions of the hatchet matched the dimensions of the injuries on Andrew and Abby’s skulls, per CBS News.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Measurement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measurement. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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