meter
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Scientists wanted to determine whether confining water to spaces just billionths of a meter across changes how readily this splitting occurs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
On some days, I’d like the option of putting a quarter in a meter rather than having to download a sixth parking app.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Bill payers are being urged to submit a meter reading as household energy prices rise by 13% for millions of people in England, Scotland and Wales on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Sandbanks are multiplying, depths fall to barely one meter in places, and the river's few remaining fishermen swelter in the heat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Because the frozen permafrost was just a half meter beneath the active layer of soil, all the water on the tundra stayed near the surface.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
AI firms and software companies have implemented metered usage as a component of their enterprise pricing as customers have boosted investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Data centres' share of Irish metered electricity consumption reached 22 percent by 2024, compared to an EU-wide average of 2-3 percent, according to official data.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
CenterPoint on Tuesday said it will sell Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio to National Fuel, which includes nearly 6,000 miles of transmission and distribution pipeline in the state that serves about 335,000 metered customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
Santa Monica also recently bumped up its metered rates from $2.50 to $3 per hour downtown and up to $1.50 citywide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
It would be nice to say that I smiled and spoke of pleasant things in carefully metered rhyming couplets, like Prince Gallant from some faerie story.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Elora Mukherjee: The metering policy was first implemented by DHS in 2016 and then it was formalized into written guidance in 2018.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
The company has begun metering computing supply to users during peak hours, but the rollout has been marred by customers who have complained that they are reaching the limit far too quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
"Somehow they are metering their intake, so maybe zero to 1% is a more likely concentration that they would find in the wild than anything higher," he said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026
Aircraft engines rely on a precise fuel metering system - if that system gets blocked, it can lead to fuel starvation and engine shutdown.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
This pulls down the metering pin, increasing the gasoline flow.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
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