METERED Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

metered

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past tense of meter

as in measured

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Wildlife officials caught and euthanized two alligators in the area, which measured 12 feet and 13 feet.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
General seating was under a beating sun, and the temperature of chairs was measured at 160 degrees.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026

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Over that period, affiliates dispensed about 25% fewer packs of birth control pills and conducted about 20% fewer breast cancer exams than the previous year.

— Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Specialty drugs come from the wave of new biologic medicines and other prescriptions not dispensed in the traditional pharmacy like pills, capsules and tablets typically picked up at Walgreens or CVS Health drugstores.

— Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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The state’s system is administered locally by municipal clerks who know their communities and are accountable under state law.

— Reid Ribble, Time, 8 July 2026
Those needs are easily accommodated through thoughtful exceptions easily administered by teachers and school staff.

— Paul Jester, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

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While Walmart isn’t an official sponsor of the World Cup, either, taking advantage of the social media chatter helps the company glom onto the tournament without paying FIFA for the privilege – especially when attention spans are divided.

— Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Although the numbers on the chassis were divided into various unrelated intervals, the transmissions appeared to be numbered sequentially, as were the tank guns, heaters, road wheels and turret engines.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 July 2026

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The Huntington cultivates them on-site and has distributed many to botanic gardens and zoos across the country.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
But the crowding is not distributed equally — in 2025, the busiest 10 national parks fielded more than half of all national park visits.

— Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

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Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
The judge recommended specific amounts for two of the firm’s partners to pay — up to $58,000 by Andrew Bramhall and Brian Cannon — and said the shares apportioned to the other two partners, Margaret Shyr and Victoria Maroulis, would be determined later.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 27 May 2026

Definition of apportioned

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