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meter

[mee-ter] / ˈmi tər /


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I don’t think he took that into account, and unfortunately he ended up crashing into a meter, thereby destroying our idea for being in a slow-moving car.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

The flat rate means every freight providers pays the same per meter of space they take up on ships for the goods they bring in.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Researchers also collected air samples in Cabauw, a small rural village in the Netherlands, where concentrations reached 2 nanograms per cubic meter.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Listeners might feel their pulse slacken as they settle into the music’s soothing triple meter, a recurring cycle of one-two-threes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

I pedaled until the meter said the batteries had a full charge, then sat down in my chair and switched on the small electric heater I kept beside it.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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