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measurement

[mezh-er-muhnt] / ˈmɛʒ ər mənt /


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As important as these measurement updates may be, cord-cutting is a much bigger problem for legacy media, according to Rich Greenfield, co-founder of media research firm LightShed Partners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

In that case, the Hubble tension may signal a deeper issue rather than a simple measurement problem.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Playing against greatness was a measurement of who you were.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Return on tangible common equity, or ROTCE, has become a standard measurement of earnings power for banks, with the denominator excluding intangible assets, such as deferred tax assets, loan-servicing rights and goodwill.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

After eight half-lives, only 1/256 of the original radioactive carbon remains, which is too little to make a reliable measurement, so radiocarbon dating works only for objects up to forty thousand or so years old.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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