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
  • The licensing boards exist to enforce the rules and hand out punishment to people violating the standards of the occupation or operating without a license.
    Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Wicked, Dune: Part Two, Saturday Night, The Wild Robot and Emilia Pérez were among the film winners at the Motion Picture Sound Editors‘ 72nd Golden Reel Awards, which were handed out Sunday night at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 23 Feb. 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
  • The Lionsgate Studios and Starz will soon split into two stand-alone companies.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But culturally—in New York, at least—a better comparison might be to the corner pizzeria swiftly doling out slices on paper plates to schoolkids, budget-minded parents, and late-night revellers.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The cost is a big one — two first-round picks plus more and likely doling out a massive contract to him at some point.
    Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 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
  • The Department of Homeland Security’s 2024 fiscal year budget appropriated about $23 million to support enforcement efforts.
    Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
  • In 1855, the desk was recovered by an American whaler and Congress appropriated funding to refit the ship that the desk was on to England, as a gift to Queen Victoria.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • Set aside in the refrigerator until ready to use. To assemble, dust your work surface with corn starch, and portion out 12 balls of mochi.
    Ingu Chen, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Measure (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measure%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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