measure up to
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The fragments vary widely in size, from less than 1 gram to 85.4 grams, and can measure up to 5 centimeters along their longest dimension.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026
“How do you measure up to that? Where are the gaps?”
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
His first job’s pay, at $26,000, didn’t measure up to what his friends were making, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025
Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd Llyr Gruffydd, who chairs the cross-party committee, said "the current emergency support, insurance coverage, and infrastructure simply do not measure up to the scale of need".
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025
He borrowed his father’s tape measure that could measure up to thirty feet.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
