metered

past tense of meter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for metered
Verb
  • One assumed that the ratio of methane and ethane to water ice is similar to what was measured on Enceladus, while another looked at the ratio found on Comet 67P during the winter.
    Victoria Corless, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Declines in confidence were measured across all groups by age, education, income, political affiliation and geographic region.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • One thing guests can and should get for free around World Showcase is ice water, available anywhere dispensed sodas are sold.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Many of the universe's heavier elements, including oxygen, were forged within these stars through nuclear reactions and dispensed into space upon their deaths, where they were later incorporated into the next generation of stars.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Payments are administered on a monthly basis and paid in one lump sum for most recipients.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • What To Know The TOP, administered by the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Service, allows the federal government to intercept federal and state payments to recover delinquent debts owed to federal agencies.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Individual schools will determine how much will be distributed to each team.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2025
  • What to Know Retirement checks are distributed throughout the month, based on the recipient's birth date and the duration of their benefit payments.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • While Medicaid and Medicare haven't been specified as areas to cut, the committee will have to make final decisions, and Medicaid and Medicare are allotted a considerable portion of the committee's funding.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
  • In the short term, more is being allotted to farms and communities in Central and Southern California.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Any disgust players might harbor for Abby should be dealt, at least in some measure, to Ellie and Joel, too.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
  • However, first-round picks are dealt for immediate help at the NHL level.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As a volunteer at the campus in his high school days, Rowland strongly favored keeping the facility running and later allocated millions in state money that was matched even further by additional millions in federal money.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the remaining funding to be allocated as loans to clean energy companies is on hold.
    Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But Dahl realized that Sparks had assigned her the Williams case within a day of Sarah’s first phone call.
    Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that individuals whose passport gender does not match their gender assigned at birth may have their visa or travel permit denied.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Metered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metered. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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