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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
President Barack Obama replaced the test in 2012 with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, which promoted living a physically active and healthy lifestyle rather than measuring athletic performance.
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Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 8 Jan. 2026
One explanation for this apparent contradiction, advanced most notably by the South African scientist Tim Noakes, is that the studies are measuring the wrong thing.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 8 Jan. 2026
The shoes also come in a shorter heel heights with heels measuring 70mm and 85mm, and also retail for $850.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 7 Jan. 2026
Install hooks to store pans, lids, or serving and measuring spoons, or add a slim rack to stash pot lids or boxes of foil and plastic wrap.
—Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
This one's a little bigger, in fact, measuring a whopping 50 inches in length.
—Kim Snaith, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Marie recorded a wind gust measuring 72 mph.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 6 Jan. 2026
That stage is a silo-like cylinder with a tapered nose cone, measuring 165 feet tall, and weighing more than 200,000 pounds.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
The president’s Gallup Poll approval rating, usually a barometer for measuring congressional election prospects, is unusually low.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for measuring
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With the internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more difficult.—
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Or are the Packers and LaFleur actually gauging the market for a potential head coach trade while leaving the door open to re-upping if nothing better materializes for both sides?—
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The farmers also pitched in with efforts of their own, including adjusting fertilizer methods, controlling soil erosion and increasing on-site water retention.—
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Other concerning behaviors may include constant messaging, controlling actions, name-calling, threats, or refusing to respect your boundaries.—
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This lightweight bag provides ample space for belongings like your keys, phone, and wallet, without weighing you down.—
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It's loaded with protein and is thickened slightly with crushed tortilla chips and starch from the beans, so it’s guaranteed to satisfy without weighing you down.—
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Silk is known to have great temperature-regulating qualities, so these will lock in the heat during the winter and keep you cool in the summer.—
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That’s because our oceans play a key role in regulating the impact of global carbon emissions in our atmosphere—absorbing about 90% of the excess heat from planetary warming trapped by greenhouse gases over the past century.—
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Each envelope containing the clue was inside a box filled with some frightful creature — rats, snakes, a tarantula, millipedes, and cockroaches.—
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The pants washed back out to sea; however, his wallet, containing his ID, was given to the police.—
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For years, Illinois counted on the feds to take the lead in curbing water pollution.—
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Albritton emphasized the traditional role of the Senate in curbing ideological hysteria.—
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Saldaña has reason to feel good about keeping her box office crown, too.—
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If Payton’s keeping receipts, Superman is about to enter a no-fly zone.—
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No other employees involved in the altercation were fired, including the worker seen restraining the woman on the ground.—
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Arab governments eager to turn the page on years of upheaval see Washington as the only power capable—if rarely willing—of restraining a bellicose Israel.—
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“Measuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measuring. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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