take measure
Example Sentences
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Consumer spending accounts for around 70% of U.S. economic activity, so economists pay close attention to consumer behavior as they take measure of the broader economy.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
At an intersection in Miami’s Little Havana, dozens of cars paused at traffic lights to take measure of the flooded streets beyond.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
But as the official machinery began turning in Richmond, constituents and interest groups jockeyed to take measure of a political newcomer in the governor’s office whom many had never met.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2021
I suspect believers and nonbelievers alike would do well to go with the Buddhists on this one and regularly take measure of a universe that’s at once perplexing and comprehensible.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2021
She was standing still in a clearing, and I pulled up beside her, grabbing her elbow both to stop myself and to take measure.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
