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as in gauging
to find out the size, extent, or amount of
for this experiment, you need to carefully measure all the chemicals before you mix them together
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as in controlling
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
he carefully measured his response to the provocative question
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Recent Examples of measuring
Cutaway sides leave the arch exposed, balanced by a slim stiletto heel measuring just over four inches.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Content strategists oversee editorial calendars and decide which platforms to prioritise, while measuring performance across channels.
—Andrew Fennell, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Those cuts, included laying off more than half the workers at the Institute of Education Sciences, IES, the arm of the department charged with measuring student achievement and overseeing and processing the data that comes from the tests students take.
—Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The lot of the unit is substantial, measuring 10,030 square feet.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
The sPHENIX detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) proved its precision in measuring the aftermath of gold ion collisions.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The star, classified as IRAS 04302+2247, or IRAS 04302, is a protostar, with its disk measuring at around 40 billion miles (65 billion km) wide.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
After the mysterious deaths of the two diamondback rattlesnakes, Cardwell dug up temperature data from a 20-year-old study in the Mojave Desert to help develop a mathematical model for measuring what might be happening inside the desert burrows.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaur measuring at 39 feet long.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Content strategists oversee editorial calendars and decide which platforms to prioritise, while measuring performance across channels.
—Andrew Fennell, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Those cuts, included laying off more than half the workers at the Institute of Education Sciences, IES, the arm of the department charged with measuring student achievement and overseeing and processing the data that comes from the tests students take.
—Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The lot of the unit is substantial, measuring 10,030 square feet.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
The sPHENIX detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) proved its precision in measuring the aftermath of gold ion collisions.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The star, classified as IRAS 04302+2247, or IRAS 04302, is a protostar, with its disk measuring at around 40 billion miles (65 billion km) wide.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
After the mysterious deaths of the two diamondback rattlesnakes, Cardwell dug up temperature data from a 20-year-old study in the Mojave Desert to help develop a mathematical model for measuring what might be happening inside the desert burrows.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaur measuring at 39 feet long.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for measuring
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Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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The therapist can do a much closer job of gauging how the person is reacting and interacting with AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Part of her had always felt an aching imposter syndrome and a difficulty controlling her emotions.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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These are essential for controlling the whip-like motion that propels sperm forward.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now standing 6-foot-4 and weighing 225 pounds, Dillon has built a reputation as a hard-hitting, shot-blocking shutdown blueliner who has remained durable despite his physical playing style.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The central young star, or protostar, weighing as much as 10 of our suns, is located 15,000 light-years away in the outer reaches of our galaxy.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Much of Emery’s strategy is about organisation and regulating the game’s tempo.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing rolling back what's known as the endangerment finding, the basis for rules regulating climate pollution, including from coal and gas-fired power plants, cars and trucks, and methane from the oil and gas industry.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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In February, a fire destroyed a South Korean budget carrier Air Busan plane, which subsequently prohibited carry-on luggage containing portable chargers from being stored in overhead bins.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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On DSPs and at digital retailers, the 23 new songs merely comprise disc one of Swag II, with a second disc also containing the 21 songs originally released as Swag the First.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
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Marquette University launched a new police unit focused on curbing reckless driving around campus just a few months before two student-athletes died in a crash about a mile from campus.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Stop & Shop lowered its prices on thousands of items in late August, in a separate initiative, but a company representative told the Herald that curbing shoplifting remained on its radar.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Outside of Seville, Thompson, Lyles, and Bednarek keeping the Jamaica versus USA rivalry alive, the most notable observation of the race is that 50% of the finalists were from African nations, a strong feat for an event typically dominated by the aforementioned countries.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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While Hadden-Paton was unsuccessful in keeping his dapper suit, his costar, Hugh Bonneville, who plays Lord Grantham, confessed to Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on Live!—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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If consumers or businesses perceive stablecoins as more practical, the state may face the awkward task of promoting one digital form of the yuan while restraining another.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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First, both Washington and Beijing now have proven weapons that are restraining the aggressive instincts of the other side.—
Scott Kennedy,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Measuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measuring. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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