metric
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The EU is seeking to safeguard its steel sector from a glut of products in the market, which the commission said currently sits at 620 million metric tons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
That metric divides an asset’s price by the average of ten years of earnings and adjusted for inflation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
A company’s stock price is meaningless compared to its market cap, and it’s a metric that can’t be compared between companies.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
"We don't look at percentages, we don't actually believe that is the right metric," Deborah Jevans, the chair of the All England Club, told BBC Sport earlier this month.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
The company is fined for each metric ton of pollutants over the legal limit.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Vocabulary lists containing metric
This Week in Pop Culture: December 8 -14, 2018
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Measurement and Data, List 2
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for October 2–October 8, 2021
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