measure
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Statistics Jersey said this quarter the island's headline inflation rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK's CPIH, a measure of inflation that includes housing costs, which stood at 3.6%.
From BBC β Oct. 23, 2026
Margins themselves measure the difference between the cost of crude entering a refinery and the value of the fuels produced from it.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2026
He was part of the TV show that started it all – a pretty great one at that – so his reappearance after years of diminishing returns has sparked excitement and hope in equal measure.
From Salon β Oct. 23, 2026
The connection was not limited to one measure of exercise.
From Science Daily β Oct. 23, 2026
In other words, they only depend on "how many beats there are in a measure," not "what type of note gets a beat."
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Ballot measures regarding billboards and ticket sales highlight a protracted dispute between Inglewood and its NFL team the Rams.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 23, 2026
Data firm S&P Global said its Purchasing Managers Index for the eurozone—which measures activity in the services and manufacturing sectors—fell to a four-month low of 51.9 in October from 53.1 in September.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2026
Burnham added: "It's not about panic buying... It's about just taking sensible measures to have enough in the house to tide you over should there be a difficult situation."
From BBC β Oct. 23, 2026
In each case, she said the packages contained secondary measures that aligned with her constituents’ values.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 23, 2026
“It wasn’t easy fetching the things for supper, what with my knees and swollen feet. I had to resort to drastic measures to keep the house fed.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
One key aspect she found lacking in off-the-shelf solutions was that they measured for a few decades but not for an entire lifespan.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 23, 2026
Under conditions designed to reflect real physiological environments, the device accurately measured several human biomarkers, including skin moisture, blood alcohol, blood lactate, and blood glucose.
From Science Daily β Oct. 23, 2026
Third, they separately measured the amount of time spent doing vigorous activities.
From Science Daily β Oct. 23, 2026
He was barely bigger than the hands of the nurse who carried him gently to be weighed and measured.
From BBC β Oct. 22, 2026
In 1532, however, Johannes Vögelin measured the parallax of the comet that appeared in that year and claimed to confirm the erroneous result of pseudo-Regiomontanus.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
One way of measuring that is to look at how generous the typical pension is relative to workers' average earnings - the replacement rate.
From BBC β Oct. 24, 2026
The author’s own research involves measuring tiny electrical currents flowing through parts of our brain cells called ion channels.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, Alpine Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly secured a sprawling four-bedroom, four-bathroom sky residence measuring 3,712 square feet, with a listing price of $4.9 million.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 23, 2026
At those velocities, even an asteroid measuring only a few hundred meters across can deliver a devastating amount of energy.
From Science Daily β Oct. 21, 2026
And measuring your distances wouldn’t be the same, either.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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