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measurement

[mezh-er-muhnt] / ˈmɛʒ ər mənt /


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It was established at Alpine's appeal that Gasly had not exceeded the pit-lane speeding limit by this new measurement, which was why the penalty was overturned.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The latest reading has headline PCE at 3.7% and core PCE at 3.3%, and Warsh built much of Friday’s speech around that measurement.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

A simple measurement around the waist could reveal important health risks that weight alone may miss, according to new research from Rutgers Health.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

This is assuredly a consequence of bad luck rather than a measurement of merit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

This cut down not only on paperwork—another statistical measurement of efficiency—but also on the time it took for a prosecutor to assess whether a case should be pursued.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

For his part, Hausfather cautioned that there are “pretty big uncertainties when you are working with indirect measurements like coral proxy records,” so comparing historic El Niños to modern ones is inherently hard to do.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Using precise measurements of each galaxy's redshift, they aligned the weak signals and stacked them together.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Another project combined satellite measurements of water surface heights with observations from drones and instruments on the ground.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

With the measurements now established at these levels of significance, theorists can begin developing new predictions about what the structures might represent and what additional experiments could distinguish among the possibilities.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

Using a caliper and other special tools, Agent Burger, with the help of the Dallas police, took eleven of Morrison’s body measurements.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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