Thesaurus results for MEASURES (UP)

measures (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of measure (up)

as in comes (to)

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Furthermore, a 3 million metric ton diesel export volume approaches Russia's historical total monthly diesel exports.

— , CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
But there are ways to reduce risk if a shark approaches, scientists advise on the project website.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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Shift workers, night owls or anyone running late schedules may feel better with a midday or early afternoon session that matches their own rhythm.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
No new date was set to decide whether the city or county, or some collaboration between the two, will run the database that records contacts with homeless people and the system that matches people to housing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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The film’s multigenerational story touches on the cultural inheritance passed between mothers, daughters and grandmothers — whether through old traditions or ordinary rituals.

— Johanna Ferreira, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Saxberger is wary, but Meyers’s admiration touches something, and soon the older man’s convinced to join a nightly meeting of young aesthetes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

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