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measure

[mezh-er] / ˈmɛʒ ər /








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Soto-Martínez is seeking council support to include the measure in a package of City Charter reforms that will go to voters for approval in the Nov. 3 general election.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

That may be the most powerful measure of a reform’s success.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Oil prices can gyrate sharply, so Fed officials prefer to look at a separate measure of inflation known as the core rate that strips out energy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The man camp, he said, was actually a mitigation measure that would prevent thousands of well-paid workers from flooding an already strained rental market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It was a measure of the confusion and delusion on Wall Street that Deutsche Bank didn’t care to run that risk.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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