- present participle of measure.
measuring
Example Sentences
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It was 100 degrees in Encino, but the reading from the wet-bulb device measuring heat and humidity gave out a number that allowed for practice to take place with precautionary measures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
This has led scientists to focus more closely on how brain cells react to these abnormal proteins, rather than simply measuring how much pathology is present.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Courts can be constructed on hard and soft surfaces, from clay to grass, with dimensions measuring are 27-feet wide—or 36 feet for doubles—and 78-feet long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The new way of measuring these prices would show an annual increase closer to 10% to 11%, but that’s also unusually high.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
In medicine there were no reliable methods of measuring success until the nineteenth century.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
