meted; meting
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Verb
determined to mete out an appropriate punishment for the CEO guilty of insider trading
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Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
In many cases between 1995 and 2000, juries meted lengthy sentences under the mistaken belief that prisoners could earn early parole with good behavior.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
Jack Flemmingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
But watching him and Kayce and Beth and Rip mete out frontier justice can be uncomfortably satisfying, an atavistic thrill.
—Sridhar Pappu, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
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Verb
Execution is a universal punishment for treason; only barbarians violate civilized norms in meting it out.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
In many cases between 1995 and 2000, juries meted lengthy sentences under the mistaken belief that prisoners could earn early parole with good behavior.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
Noun
Portuguese Bend residents generally favor a system more in tune with metes and bounds, a mapping method that uses physical landmarks such as trees, walls and roads to measure parcels.
—Jack Flemmingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
But watching him and Kayce and Beth and Rip mete out frontier justice can be uncomfortably satisfying, an atavistic thrill.
—Sridhar Pappu, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
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“Mete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mete. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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