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Example sentences from the Web for measuresParliament looks at measures to monitor toddlers for anti-Semitic speech. Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST Experts agree that much will depend on the measures undertaken both by the United States and Cuba. Cuba Is A Kleptocracy, Not Communist|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Human rights groups, however, said the measures were “draconian” and counter-productive. To Stop ISIS, Britain Is Set to Stop Free Speech|Nico Hines|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST By most measures, it is the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet. The Pipeline From Hell: There’s No Good Reason to Build Keystone XL|Jack Holmes|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All these measures were taken to halt the blood-sucking tendencies of the recently deceased. Bulgaria’s Vampire Graveyards|Nina Strochlic|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST The statesman felt it; it put new vigor into the despatches he wrote and the measures he devised with regard to the slave-trade. The Personal Life Of David Livingstone|William Garden Blaikie The Protestants were, however, much alarmed by these measures, as indicative of the intolerant policy of the new king. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power|John S. C. Abbott The bride is taken into the house, and her maternal uncle sits at the entrance, and measures a new cloth, which he gives to her. Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston So far, these measures might be interpreted as marks of pure and disinterested affection for the soul of the departed. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3)|Sir James George Frazer It was by his command of public opinion that Pitt had been able to force his measures on the king. History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8)|John Richard Green
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pl nrock strata that are characterized by a particular type of sediment or depositcoal measures Words nearby measuresmeasurement, measurement ton, measure of central tendency, measure off, measure out, measures, measure up, measure zero, measuring cup, measuring jug, measuring spoon Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to measurespart, quota, test, method, system, control, means, move, project, step, limit, act, action, proposal, effort, procedure, statute, resolution, peg, compute |