measure out
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He had to hurry, Lifshitz said, and measure out five new plots before the hostages got home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
Pull the other tape measure out from the other nail.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
But because of the plan to measure out his innings, the Nationals chose to not put Henry in major league camp for a second straight spring.
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2022
And then I read the recipe one more time and measure out the ingredients.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
I couldn’t bear to look behind us at our ragtag family as they shuffled along, Slopper and the twins singing what we pretended was a warrior song to measure out time on the trail.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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