take the measure of
Example Sentences
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Unable to say no to the woman he thinks of as his “puppet-mistress,” Gabriel flies to Guatemala to take the measure of an ex-priest who is now a left-wing presidential candidate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
How will we take the measure of what we are doing two years after it all began?
From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2022
Almost two years into a pandemic, scientists need to take the measure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus yet again.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2021
Daughters take the measure of their mothers, then consider their own beauty, their own futures.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2021
Were the pyramids as tall as this building, did the pharaohs sit on top and take the measure of their kingdoms, to see how diminished the world became when you gained the proper distance?
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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