measure
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Consumer prices rose 4.2% in the past year, and a measure that omits energy has risen a more modest 2.9%.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
If the returns didn’t measure up to the investments, there was always more ad revenue to be had.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The CPI is a measure of how much prices have risen in a given month compared to the same month a year prior.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Similarly, economists expect the personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, to top 4% year to year when the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports the May reading later this month.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Goron couldn’t simply arrest him and measure him on the basis of an outlandish theory.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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