measure up (to)

as in to compare (with)
to come near or nearer to in character or quality he always worried about measuring up to his older brother

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  • Tines has the vocal power to approximate Robeson’s majestic lower tones, but this hard-to-classify project, which Tines created with the director Zack Winokur, is most potent when the singer abandons bass regions and reaches into his eerily piercing falsetto register.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Most people struggle now to use the most popular models to truly approximate the work of humans.
    Axios, Axios, 19 Jan. 2025
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  • The crewed sorties were replaced by drone flights following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022, a decision that appeared to reflect concern over the safety of American service personnel.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Such maps reflect the efforts by Palestinian stakeholders to continue surveying the territories that, since the Oslo Accords, were to make up the future state of Palestine.
    Christine Leuenberger, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
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  • The girl had seen police approach her father in the street outside their safe house in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and ran to confront them.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Both Democrats and Republicans have broadly agreed that the current immigration system is in need of reform, though approaches to the issue vary widely.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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  • But the potency of these pictures is never matched by any lasting consequence or stakes, or even the wry humor that is necessary with such weighty material.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2025
  • This tweak ensured Forest matched Villa’s box midfield and prevented a four-versus-three situation in the centre of the pitch.
    Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Measure up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/measure%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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