metered

past tense of meter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for metered
Verb
  • Wildlife officials caught and euthanized two alligators in the area, which measured 12 feet and 13 feet.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • General seating was under a beating sun, and the temperature of chairs was measured at 160 degrees.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Prosecutors say Hammond, who was a pharmacist at Central Pharmacy in Lansing from 2020 to 2024, dispensed and billed a substantial number of female condoms that the pharmacy never received from a wholesaler.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • One groom just had to have a fountain that dispensed ranch dressing.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • The rabies vaccine, if administered immediately after exposure, is nearly 100% successful at preventing the disease, according to the World Health Organization.
    Kelli Arseneau, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • During the downpour, priests administered Communion under yellow and white umbrellas, the colors of the Holy See.
    Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Beginning July 1, 2026, new borrowers enrolled less than full-time will have their annual loan limits prorated based on their credit load.
    Dan Avery, CNBC, 1 July 2026
  • Awards for short-term training will likely be prorated for the program's length.
    Cory Turner, NPR, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
  • Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.
    Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Authorities say electrical service in La Guaira has recovered to roughly 90%, while more than 5 million liters of water have been distributed across affected areas.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • After attorneys are paid, the remaining funds will be distributed to impacted customers.
    Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • In declining the option, the Hawks now have access to all of the $15 million allotted to their nontaxpayer midlevel exception.
    Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
  • This thing is seriously massive, featuring way too many goodies to list in the space allotted here.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • The judge recommended specific amounts for two of the firm’s partners to pay — up to $58,000 by Andrew Bramhall and Brian Cannon — and said the shares apportioned to the other two partners, Margaret Shyr and Victoria Maroulis, would be determined later.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
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“Metered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metered. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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