Example Sentences

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Measuring cholesterol levels has long been the main way doctors assess the risk of heart disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Measuring the economic impact of major events is always difficult, but business lobby group Assolombarda put the immediate benefits at several hundred million euros, including 139 million for the hospitality industry.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Measuring per capita, it was the city’s safest year since 1959.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Measuring 2x4, the brick itself contains sensors, lights, a small sound synthesiser, an accelerator and a custom-made silicon chip enabling it to detect movement and react to it.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

Measuring how quickly the flames were engulfing him, he hopped forward, the carbine in his right hand, the butt plate balanced against his hip.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson