- present participle of measure.
measuring
Example Sentences
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During winter, when trees and shrubs have lost their leaves, the insects' oothecae, brown, spongy egg cases measuring about 2 to 3 cm, become easy to spot on branches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
“Then there’s comparison: near-constant, measuring of the new place against the old one, and there’s a loss of identity that catches people off guard.”
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
The data sheds some light: The average American home is about 1,800 square feet, with new single-family homes measuring well over 2,000 square feet, according to U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Determining the future of the supply gap is tricky when there’s no agreed-upon methodology for measuring it.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
The equant was a device for speeding up and slowing down the movement of a body in the heavens by measuring its movement not from the centre of a circle but from another point.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
