size up
Example Sentences
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Professor Bill Chaplin, Head of the School of Physics & Astronomy at Birmingham, and a member of the team, said: "The mismatch between the predicted and observed sizes of these stars has implications for finding planets around them. If we use the most successful planet-finding technique -- the so-called transit method -- we get the size of the planet relative to the size of the star; if we don't size-up the star correctly, the same will be true of any small planet we have found."
From Science Daily
“I’m not trying to size-up against other players,” Adell added.
From Los Angeles Times
Martin had the chance to size-up the maple a few years back and admits it “was impressive.”
From Seattle Times
Garber, among other things, is asking for the ability to cross-examine witnesses so committee members can size-up the evidence.
From Washington Times
"Sometimes we have challenges or difficulties to reach the top floors of those buildings. The aircraft can go into confined spaces to size-up the situation. We are going to modify them with thermal imaging cameras," he says.
From BBC
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