METERING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

metering

verb

present participle of meter

as in dispensing

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Staff are tuned-in and attentive, knowledgeable and efficient, without dispensing any of the sirs and ma’ams and stilted affections of fancier places.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
The agreement resolves a lawsuit filed in 2020 that alleged Walmart repeatedly violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by unlawfully dispensing opioid prescriptions at pharmacies across the country.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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The focus on metrics also highlights the challenges of measuring the performance of large language models using standardized benchmark tests and concerns that the specs are prone to manipulation and gamesmanship.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Future treatments New cell and gene therapies for Huntington’s disease are being investigated, but researchers need ways of measuring what is happening inside the brain of a living person.

— Claudia Metzler-Baddeley, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of measuring

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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
The players don’t lose any money, but the team gets to reduce their cap numbers by prorating the signing bonus over the term of the contracts.

— Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026

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The results are splendid when the duo is dealing, but when the line comes off the ice, the quality of play decreases.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The grand jury’s findings that $10 million in Medicaid settlement money was diverted through nonprofits into political committees describe exactly the kind of self-dealing the Attorney General’s office is supposed to police, not participate in.

— José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

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The shift injects yet another element of volatility into the work of the federal division in charge of administering billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to states and schools to help students with disabilities.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
In the letter, business groups took issue with third parties administering worker training, arguing that labor groups could use them to prime the workforce for union campaigns.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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With three points, three cuts can be made, thus dividing the surface into four.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
In its place arose far-right movements in Western Europe and North America dedicated to dividing the world into racial and cultural blocs, divisions often defended in the language of the struggle against terrorism and Islam.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of dividing

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The poll finds that Bodnar and Bankhead are splitting the Democratic vote, 49% to 43% respectively.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
The two women start to hang out again like college pals, gossiping and hip-hip dancing and — always – splitting a bottle of white wine.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of splitting

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Similarly, collectible cards and card games were in the spotlight at Gamescom in Cologne in August, with attendees streaming to booths handing out special cards, such as Upper Deck cards for Tencent’s Honor of Kings, amplifying brands.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Dean, 58, refereed 553 top-flight matches from 2000 until his retirement in 2022, handing out a record 113 red cards in the division.

— Sam Joseph, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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