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meter

[mee-ter] / ˈmi tər /


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Singsong rhyme and meter are out; free verse and wistfulness are in.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Samples collected in the São Paolo metropolitan area in Brazil reached 98 nanograms per cubic meter.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta have the scale to negotiate long-term power-purchase agreements directly with generators, build generation capacity behind the meter and lock in rates before the open market reprices.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

“Grid interconnection delays are continuing to expand, which, given the market’s focus on speed-to-compute, has accelerated adoption and long-term behind the meter power solutions.”

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

This is now true by definition as, since 1983, the length of a meter has been set in relation to the speed of light rather than vice versa.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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