measuring

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They analyzed World Bank data measuring smartphone penetration and teenage fertility rates in 128 countries.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Over the past century, and measuring using calendar year-ends, the average figure for 10-year returns on the S&P 500 is just 6.94% a year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Above my grave, a granite headstone, measuring six feet by three feet, will be erected.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

GDP and GDI are different ways of measuring the same thing: annual economic output.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

All over Europe astronomers were obsessed with it—and since they now knew Regiomontanus’s real technique for measuring parallax, they naturally tried to apply it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton