- a variation of meter.
metre
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Researchers believe Invictibellatrix would have been three to four metres long and just over a metre and a half in height - about as tall as a human.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The WHO's guideline sets 100 micrograms of ozone per cubic metre as the maximum recommended level of exposure, averaged over eight hours.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
He said the book was influenced by classics, adding: "One of the only poems I can recite is The Owl and the Pussycat and I suppose there's a similar metre to that."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
In Denmark, the average cost of water and wastewater is £9.45 per cubic metre, here it is significantly lower.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
I lay on my bed that night, trying to ignore the shuffling coming from less than a metre away.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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