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  • present tense form of measure (3rd person singular).
  • plural of measure.
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Cortez blamed the city for not taking any permanent or lasting measures to prevent the ocean from spilling into the streets, such as putting in place a concrete barrier or reinforcing the seawall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Pakistan, Somalia, Eritrea, Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan could be hit with visa bans under these measures.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Conference officials said before the Saturday attack that safety is their top priority and that comprehensive safety measures will be in place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Ireland recommended hiking some of the levies but stuck more or less to the commission's original lines, saying the measures it was putting forward would raise 55 billion euros a year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

I’d had so many careful, sensible conversations at this point, with so many people, about how to extract myself from a career in which, by all outward measures, I was flourishing.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama



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