measure (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for measure (out)
Verb
  • One coach recalled noting down some of the insults players were dishing out to themselves mid-practice match, before sharing them with the shocked individuals once the session was over.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Nikola Jokic is dishing out over 10 assists per game, which is spearheading the gaudy team number.
    Tom Rende, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • During the 60-day grace period between Jan. 1 and March 1, the city handed out 1,500 warnings to people who violated the law.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Inspired by Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, Book is handing out friendship bracelets along the way, some made by survivors with their names and ages.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The game is split into night and day cycles, where the danger of the journey melts into campfire talk at night and exchanging stories with other travelers.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Monahan was a Bristol native who currently split his time between Burlington and Florida.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, after the retaliation caused farmers financial pain, the Trump administration used the Commodity Credit Corporation as a type of political fund and doled out up to $30 billion to farmers.
    Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The series, which blends a cooking show format with celebrity interviews, sees Meghan welcome guests to a replica of her Montecito, California estate and dole out tips on entertaining, baking and parenting.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Materials that age This generously proportioned kitchen in Atherton, California was designed by Matthew Leverone to feature plenty of natural materials.
    Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The ideally proportioned, four-door SUV stands out with reverence to Porsche designers efforts.
    James Raia, The Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But under the current plan, that money would not be appropriated until the next fiscal year, the Republican pointed out.
    Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Congress has appropriated $174 billion in assistance to Ukraine since 2022, according to the Congressional Research Service.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.
    Uriel Heilman, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Primary care has long been associated with the image of a busy doctor, divided between patients and the administrative grind.
    Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Consider portioning it up before freezing with a silicone mold or an ice cube tray.
    Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Recipe tested by Southern Living Test Kitchen Active Time: 30 mins Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Servings: 9 Tender and moist old-fashioned butter cake is essentially a vanilla snacking cake, not to be confused with Gooey Butter Cake, which is most often portioned into blondie-like bar.
    Amanda Holstein, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Measure (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measure%20%28out%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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