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measure

[mezh-er] / ˈmɛʒ ər /








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"Given it's far more than the previous high imposed on SK Telecom, Washington is expected to protest the move, with the view that it is an over-the-top measure," he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Last year, 97.6% of Meta’s revenue came from advertising, a measure of how little progress it has made in growing beyond its core business in the more than two decades since its founding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The Trustees measure the program’s long-term shortfall as a share of all the wages it taxes.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Jim Mangia, the chief executive of St. John’s Community Health who helped craft the measure, summed up the campaign as “grueling and expensive.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

As a simplifying shorthand, a completely silent measure can simply have a whole rest.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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