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measures (up)

present tense third-person singular of measure (up)

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Verb
  • During another episode this season, a man approaches Angela at a party and tells her that her husband cheated on her.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • By modeling the physics behind this phenomenon, researchers discovered that the human hand’s sensitivity approaches the theoretical limit of what can be detected through mechanical reflections.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Each window has a flower box that matches the tiny house’s wooden exterior and easily mounts just below the base.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The number of judges who received termination letters matches the tally kept by the immigration judges' union.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Lyon’s magnetism touches the entire cast, but her bits with both Killam’s Boone and Chenoweth’s Tammy really leap off the screen.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • And none of that touches the benefits that could accrue to other people outfitted with BCI chips, who could then communicate and interact with AI systems.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Measures (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measures%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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