How to Use measure in a Sentence
- The meter is a measure of length.
- She felt equal measures of hope and fear.
- We need to take measures to protect ourselves.
- The dictionary includes a table of weights and measures.
- They were forced to resort to desperate measures.
- An occasion like this calls for some measure of decorum.
- The governor has proposed a number of cost-cutting measures.
- Their actions were motivated in large measure by a desire for revenge.
- The legislature has passed a measure aimed at protecting consumers.
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Here’s what to know about the new measure.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 Sep. 2025
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There are no half-measures with this team.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Democrats can stand in the way of a budget measure.
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Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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That’s why this measure has such a broad base of support.
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Kevin Vick,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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The film is funny, sad, and scary in equal measure.
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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Many of these measures still in place today.
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Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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This measure does not raise the tax rate, not even by one percent.
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Kevin Vick,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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By most measures, things were going well.
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Preston Fore,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Ask and offer in equal measure.
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Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Mar. 2026
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But Al-Nabi fears these measures aren’t enough.
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Eissa Dafallah,
NBC news,
8 Mar. 2026
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The news out of City Hall last week was a half-measure.
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Elliot Cosgrove,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The measures have not advanced.
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Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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It was framed not as a sanctions measure, but as a trade dispute.
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Brett Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Look past daily counts and measure who comes back after a week or a month.
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Achal Singi,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Here, the measure was how much egg was left in the pan after cooking.
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Christa Glennie,
wsj.com,
26 Dec. 2023
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The ultimate measure of this class won’t be known for some time.
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Mike Defabo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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There are other cost-cutting measures that can be made.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Here are some menopause support measures that experts say could help.
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Shirley Velasquez,
Flow Space,
11 May 2026
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Each measure would have passed with or without Price’s vote, records show.
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James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Oct. 2023
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This is a key measure of a battery’s longevity.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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In some cases, these measures may even invite abuse.
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Mike Smith,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
- He's being measured for a new suit.
- The cloth measures 3 meters.
- His success cannot be measured solely on the basis of his popularity.
- The room measures 15 feet wide by 30 feet long.
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It is measured by what is lived.
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Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Moves have been more measured this week.
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Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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Move the ball, easy to measure.
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Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Prep and measure all your spices and set them aside.
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Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 May 2026
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How does one measure the value of a life?
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Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Jan. 2026
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That is a cost that cannot be measured in dollars and cents.
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Robert Travieso,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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That artistry is not well measured by the raw numbers of height, length and speed.
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Robert Niles,
Oc Register,
6 Jan. 2026
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The greatness of the city would be measured by the fates of the least among them.
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Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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There are a lot of efforts to measure what’s going on.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The lot size of the unit measures 8,200 square feet.
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Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The lot size of the unit measures 7,447 square feet.
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Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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This compact barrel sauna measures six feet wide and just four feet deep.
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Dean Stattmann,
Outside,
19 Oct. 2025
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Theo’s story will not be measured in pages or library cards.
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Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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The unit’s lot measures 3,030 square feet in area.
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Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Your time is measured in moments and getting through the next part of your day.
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Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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When done, press the measuring spoons into the warm dough to make prints.
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Laura Fenton,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2026
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Look at the layers of soil and grass and measure how thick the layer of thatch is.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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Look at the layers of soil and grass and measure how thick the layer of thatch is.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Sep. 2025
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Metrics that measure the past while the future burns.
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Maman Ibrahim,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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That is measured and charged per thousand cubic feet.
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John Shumway,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The league likes the drama of a chain gang stretching to measure for that first down.
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Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Oct. 2023
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It is measured by what the business requires now.
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Ken Paskins,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The forces are real because they can be measured.
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Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Success would be measured by the degree of hard work and the size of their heart.
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Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
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Concert venues are supposed to measure a star’s reach.
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Yook Jihun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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The whole structure measures about 77 square feet.
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Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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