measure

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Using every tool at his disposal — namely his violins, guitars, looping machine and expressive voice — Bird created a whirling one-man-band effect that somehow awed and soothed the crowd in equal measure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

The Census Bureau’s measure of housing starts—units that have started construction—dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about 1.18 million in May.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Historically, educational attainment has been an effective way of addressing social inequality, and standardized testing is one of the few ways to measure which policies are working and which ones aren’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

To measure how significant this broadening could be, the researchers turned to a source of data much closer to home: radio transmissions from spacecraft operating within our solar system.

From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026

Emotional response is difficult to measure, but there is one usually reliable sign of how you are feeling—sweaty palms.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman