How to Use measure up in a Sentence

measure up

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• But while those species are known for their size, the new species doesn’t quite measure up.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
• Here’s how some of the best yoga mats on the market measure up.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 17 May 2022
• The other species would have measured up to 20 feet and consumed fish and squid.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2023
• That’s the quickest way to end up with a roster that doesn’t measure up.
  — cleveland, 24 Apr. 2022
• For the vase: Carousel is a purple quill mum that can measure up to 4 inches across.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 9 July 2022
• Young will need to be even better in 2022 to measure up to the standard set while winning the award.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2021
• The teaser shows a glimpse at how contestants measure up to the game's unique spin.
  — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2022
• Recent storms have bumped that measure up to about 45% as of Wednesday.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
• The body of an average condor can measure up to 4.5 feet tall and the wingspan up to 10 feet wide.
  — Fox News, 19 July 2022
• This laser measure can measure up to 65 feet within one-eighth of an inch.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
• But do seven discs’ worth of demos measure up to what’s already been out there for so long?
  — Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
• As adults, female sea lions can weigh up to 240 pounds and measure up to 6 feet long, NOAA said.
  — Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
• Read the Fact Checker on how the two candidates measure up.
  — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2020
• Incretins such as semaglutide measure up to the results of bariatric surgery.
  — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
• At the same time, consumers are quick to call brands out when their messaging doesn’t measure up.
  — Patrick Coffee, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
• One tooth was about the size of a human hand, measuring up to seven inches long.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
• That’s proof that your roster — healthy or unhealthy — can’t measure up.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
• But if even such an august group didn’t measure up, what hope does someone such as Dak Prescott have?
  — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2022
• Fist bumps, waves, and elbow touches just don’t measure up.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2023
• The Clone Wars in terms of look and feel, and is simply too cliché-ridden to measure up to any of them where the bigger picture is concerned.
  — John Maher, Vulture, 21 July 2022
• For sheer speed, 5G FWA can’t measure up to a good cable or fiber connection.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• Do any other vertebrate groups measure up to cats in this way?
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2023
• Blue whales have been known to measure up to 100 feet in length, but the Perucetus colossus seems to stand in its own weight class amongst known creatures.
  — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
• Najimy, 65, brushed off any fears about whether or not the movie will measure up to fans' expectations.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
• None is an easy challenge, but these teams don’t measure up to the week-in and week-out difficulty of the Big 12. Sign up for the Eye on the Y newsletter!
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
• Peak wind speeds were measured up to 67 mph on Maui, but some video taken during the height of the event appears to suggest that gusts were even higher.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2023
• How could sitting in a study in London and writing about this man ever measure up to his profile in courage?
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• Before the group stood a logjam—a dense mass of tree trunks and woody debris crammed between the river banks—measuring up to 40 feet tall.
  — Adam M. Sowards, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 May 2023
• Coral scientists are watching and waiting to see how this new El Niño will measure up.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• This slender vegetarian can measure up to 5 feet from head to tail, and weigh up to 33 pounds.
  — Diarlei Rodrigues and Diane Jeantet, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024