1
: marked by due proportion
2
a
: marked by rhythm : regularly recurrent
a measured gait
b
: metrical
3
: deliberate, calculated
a measured response
measuredly
adverb
Examples of measured in a Sentence
This crisis requires a measured response.
She spoke in carefully measured tones.
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California planned for a measured approach to managing its growing wolf population, setting aside funds to pay for the inevitable attacks on livestock as well as the cost of helping ranchers deter the animals from settling near their properties.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Their business is usually more measured than a £200million ($268m) splurge on nine new signings.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Researchers then examined liver immune cells to determine how their DNA activity was regulated and measured levels of a key receptor.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 11 Jan. 2026
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—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Measured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/measured. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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