measure
Example Sentences
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The decline was driven as the survey’s measure for consumers’ willingness to save climbed to its highest level since the financial crisis.
Those measures appear to have reassured investors following a period of volatility in U.K. government bond markets.
He explained that while these materials do not directly measure the strength of the explosions, they demonstrate how powerful and far-reaching the event was and hint at its influence on climate.
From Science Daily
Paul has quickly become boxing's golden ticket - a measure of where the sport's power now sits.
From BBC
A petition created on Thursday, demanding prosecution of the perpetrators and measures to prevent similar acts of cruelty, has garnered more than 400 signatures.
From BBC
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