as in rhythm
the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity
the poem's heavy meter is meant to reinforce the atmosphere of gloom
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as in to measure
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Recent Examples of meter
Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Executive director Tania Hary said that it's expected to run on generators and produce around 2,500 cubic meters per day, about the amount in an Olympic swimming pool.
—TIME, 9 Mar. 2025
Christian Cachin, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2011
While many of the streetside parking spaces are metered, Uptown Sedona still offers abundant free parking.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Applying this to the Belgian specimen, the shark’s total length would have been roughly 54 feet (16.4 meters), with a 6-foot (1.8-meter) head and a 12-foot (3.6-meter) tail.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Executive director Tania Hary said that it's expected to run on generators and produce around 2,500 cubic meters per day, about the amount in an Olympic swimming pool.
—TIME, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
But the collection of that metering data itself opens up a security hole, say Kaliski and Pauley.
—Christian Cachin, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2011
While many of the streetside parking spaces are metered, Uptown Sedona still offers abundant free parking.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meter
Noun
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There was no blood, but the violence had rhythm, like a theater of fear. Inside the intake room, a sea of trustees descended on the men with electric shavers, stripping heads of hair with haste.—
Philip Holsinger,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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His beats have lots of detail but no fixed center, creating rhythms that call to mind choppy waves or a record that’s stuck in a groove.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Even so, those figures represent a sharp recovery from early January, when statewide snowpack measured just 2.7 inches — only 10% of the April 1 average and 28% of normal for that date.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Dodgers’ roster continues to be a stress test and a measuring stick.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Fewer weather balloons could mean less accurate forecasts For decades, the National Weather Service has released weather balloons at a clockwork-like cadence at more than 100 sites across the country, as well as all over the Pacific and the Caribbean.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2025
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Washington’s vocal cadence has always been something akin to jazz — altering pace, inflection, and volume to keep other characters (and audience members) off balance.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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And what better way to tell them than portioning them out over several episodes? 7. Whither Maggie the waitress?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Consider portioning it up before freezing with a silicone mold or an ice cube tray.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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At the time the law was passed, civil society inside Russia itself was split.—
Anastasiya Zavyalova,
The Conversation,
28 Mar. 2025
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Followers were split in the comment section of his video.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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This way, organizations can dispense with the blame game altogether.—
Liz Kislik,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Four hour-long episodes turn out to be an awfully long way to go for the suggestion that the truth can be murky — especially when the next four go ahead and dispense with that ambiguity entirely.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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The new retrospective is divided into seven chapters that showcase different thematic or formal aspects of Abercrombie’s career, including the miniatures and still lifes that are often overlooked.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Crockett made the comments while criticizing Democrats for becoming divided on the issue.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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Whereas Main Street’s predecessor as recently as October of 2024 had planned to void all of its legacy MLB deals but for one, the company entered the new season with nine clubs under contract.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There don't seem to be any similar problems with a larger deal between BlackRock and CK Hutchison, which covers 43 ports in 23 countries, although the intention is to close both that and the Panama deal together.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meter. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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