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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Experts recommend taking photos from several difference angles and including any references, such as a tape measure, to capture the extent of the damage.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Story continues below advertisement The judges asked for a tape measure, but no one had one.
—Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
To figure out your waist circumference, wrap a tape measure around your middle section, right at your belly button.
—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
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Story continues below advertisement The judges asked for a tape measure, but no one had one.
—Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
To figure out your waist circumference, wrap a tape measure around your middle section, right at your belly button.
—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
See all Example Sentences for tape measure
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“Tape measure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tape%20measure. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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