measure (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for measure (out)
Verb
  • Burton led the game with 21 points, while hauling in eight rebounds and dishing out six assists.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
  • Mabrey does a little bit of everything on the court, scoring over 15 points while also grabbing 5 rebounds and dishing out over 4 assists a night this season.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Healey also conveniently neglects to mention the scores of no-bid contracts her administration handed out to pay for the hotel shelters and house and feed the migrants.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 7 July 2025
  • In late February, Bondi handed out binders with Epstein case files to pro-Trump social media influencers at the White House -- files that ultimately contained little new information.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • The majority of the money doled out (46%) went to rental payments.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
  • The then-councilor doled out a $13,000 bonus to one of her Council staffers, a relative but not immediate family member, on the condition that $7,000 be kicked back to her.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • The new Leaf is one size smaller than the Equinox EV, which is nearly identically proportioned to Tesla's Model Y SUV.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
  • Generally, composite bats offer larger barrels while feeling lighter when swung because of how they are proportioned.
    Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • As our connectivity increases, so do our visibility and susceptibility to individuals seeking to compromise our accounts and appropriate our identities.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • The premise was to accentuate how large-scale capital and pop culture have appropriated the imagery of the region where the film is set.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • The experts split into teams representing the U.S. and China, and each side was armed with the weapons that its country is thought to possess.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • Judkins and his ex-girlfriend had split in December but were rekindling their relationship at the time of the incident, the report shows.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • The main preparation room is strategically located adjacent to the walk-in freezer, which includes large bins of pre-mixed and portioned cookies prepared at the bakery’s central production facility.
    Camila Pedrosa July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
  • The rate is based on an assessment of each property’s future benefit to improvements and to portion out costs among property owners.
    Mason Rouser, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Know the Signs Cucumbers are typically divided into two main categories: slicing cucumbers and pickling cucumbers.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
  • Debate at meeting During the board meeting Thursday night, the room was divided between supporters of Mayer, advocates for the students who came forward, and former students who were against Mayer’s employment from being reinstated.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
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“Measure (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measure%20%28out%29. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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