measure out
Example Sentences
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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
The garden rooms, though, do more than just measure out delight.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022
And then I read the recipe one more time and measure out the ingredients.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022
Instead of wide-open runs, it invites travelers to measure out the landscape in hours, days or weeks spent on skis.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022
“He used to measure out short lengths of fabric by wrapping them around his wrist.”
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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