measuring

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We start measuring ourselves against the most aggressive thing we could have owned, instead of against our own goals.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

They analyzed World Bank data measuring smartphone penetration and teenage fertility rates in 128 countries.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Researchers in Estonia, working with Stanford University and OpenAI, have been measuring students’ cognitive skills and attitudes toward learning, both before the rollout and after.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Above my grave, a granite headstone, measuring six feet by three feet, will be erected.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

All over Europe astronomers were obsessed with it—and since they now knew Regiomontanus’s real technique for measuring parallax, they naturally tried to apply it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton