measure
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Even then, such borrowing should be viewed as a temporary measure.
From MarketWatch
Whatever way its success was measured, a hit song touched something among the masses.
In many peer countries, especially in Nordic Europe, measures of midlife health and well-being have improved rather than worsened.
From Science Daily
A solar cycle is the sun's transition from one solar maximum to the next and is measured through the number of visible sunspots on the surface of the sun, the Met Office said.
From BBC
At the time the diaspora ministry said the measure was needed to prevent "the infiltration of terrorist operatives into humanitarian structures".
From BBC
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