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
If using homemade beans, measure out 3 cups with a few tablespoons of their cooking liquid.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023
Meanwhile in Nevada, lawmakers voted unanimously Tuesday to move a similar measure out of a committee and to the state Assembly floor, after more than a dozen people testified in favor of the resolution.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023
And then I read the recipe one more time and measure out the ingredients.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022
Sometimes the light quanta seemed to measure out at three or four meters long; sometimes they appeared to be “just a little bundle of energy,” Beams recalled.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
