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Recent Examples of Synonyms for measures (up)
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Moments later, Schaaf-Olson’s husband, Jason Olson, who serves as the parks and recreation manager for the Town of Chino Valley, according to FOX 10, approaches the scene and tries to pull his wife away from the officers – repeatedly refusing orders to step back.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025 -
Keep checking Backcountry’s sale section for more deals as Black Friday approaches.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Nov. 2025
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Still, no small arm matches its raw stopping power within its effective range.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Physical verification checks whether a chip layout meets the manufacturer’s strict rules and faithfully matches the original functional schematic.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2025
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The film touches upon very different subjects, but overall, the underpinning of this film is that society changes, and there’s a tectonic shift in American society and the society becomes a different place from one year to the sixth year.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
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How the ball bounces off the floor and touches your hand, and that integrated with that inside-out dribble and footwork that goes with it, to be aggressive to get to the basket or shoot the ball.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Measures (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measures%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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