Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metering
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On Thursday, Acorns debuted its compounding vending machine at Big Star Wrigleyville, an out-of-the-box promotion that replaces potato chips with simulated investments, dispensing up to $15 in cash for a $1 fee, essentially providing a 30-year return in 30 seconds.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
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All three pros suggest dispensing mousse into your hands rather than directly onto your hair for more even distribution.—
Dominic Cadogan,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2026
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The review emphasizes that measuring electrical activity in fungi is challenging due to their microscopic, complex structure.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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The figures, measuring economic sentiment across five key sectors of the European economy, also reveal employment expectations are under pressure across the EU and euro zone.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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Denver could cut his cap number almost in half by guaranteeing him $8-10 million, paying it as a bonus and prorating it out.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2026
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But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ditto for DeMario Douglas, a slot-only option who would help replenish the yards-after-the-catch the Eagles would lose by dealing Brown.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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But Duke’s marquee stars dominated down the stretch, dealing the Red Storm an 80-75 defeat at Capital One Arena.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Democratic bill, aimed at overturning new voting laws in red states, would have created a single national standard for administering elections, including expanding voting by mail.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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But improvements in medical imaging unlocked new use cases for CTs and MRIs; patients demanded, and doctors ordered, more tests, and radiologists were the doctors administering and interpreting them.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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The subsequent deterioration in embryos that had been in microgravity for up to 24 hours was likely due to negative effects the absence of gravity has on the processes taking place in the quickly dividing embryonic cells.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Republicans are pushing to expel her from Congress, potentially dividing Democrats ahead of November midterm elections.—
Stephen Groves,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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The map slices through Kansas City, splitting the city’s voters across three Republican-leaning districts.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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After splitting the first pair of contests, Toronto clinched the regular-season series 2-1 over Orlando.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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Strangers handing out water and snacks.—
Staff report,
Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Craig Lundgren from Davis was handing out six different types of signs to those who wanted them.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Metering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metering. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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