tape measure
noun
: a narrow strip (as of a limp cloth or steel tape) marked off in units (such as inches or centimeters) for measuring
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To figure out your waist circumference, wrap a tape measure around your middle section, right at your belly button.
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 14 Aug. 2024
Seventeen gymnasts, including gold-medal favorite Svetlana Khorkina, crashed their vaults before officials in the arena pulled out tape measures and discovered the error.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024
Lay a tape measure or ruler beside their foot and measure from the back of the heel to the longest toe.
—Vincent Iannelli, Parents, 29 July 2024
One group struggled to measure each other’s skulls with tape measures that looked frustratingly droopy.
—Amy Reed-Sandoval, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 14 Aug. 2024
Seventeen gymnasts, including gold-medal favorite Svetlana Khorkina, crashed their vaults before officials in the arena pulled out tape measures and discovered the error.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024
Lay a tape measure or ruler beside their foot and measure from the back of the heel to the longest toe.
—Vincent Iannelli, Parents, 29 July 2024
One group struggled to measure each other’s skulls with tape measures that looked frustratingly droopy.
—Amy Reed-Sandoval, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
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“Tape measure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tape%20measure. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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