We measured vs We used

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'We measured' is used when referring to taking measurements or quantifying something, while 'we used' is used when referring to utilizing something for a specific purpose.

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We measured

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to taking measurements or quantifying something.

This phrase is used when talking about the act of measuring something, such as length, weight, or volume.

Examples:

We measured the length of the room to determine how much carpet we needed.
The scientists measured the temperature of the liquid using a thermometer.
Can you measure the ingredients for the recipe?
She measured her progress by tracking her running distance.
The tailor measured the customer for a custom suit.

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We measured the circumference of their waist, compared to the circumference of their hips.
And so we measured its motion.
Also, we measured dust particles.
And we measured how much they were willing to pay for it.
But in this case, we measured the different isotopes of oxygen.
So we measured nine other molecules that interact with oxytocin, but they didn't have any effect.
When we measured the forces, they were enormous.
In our latest assessment in 2009, we measured 74 school systems that together cover 87 percent of the economy.
And then we measured how much they ate of each species over their lifetime.
Starting six months before the tsunami, we measured instances of earthquakes at a depth of 30km on the sea floor.
The first thing we measured when you were just contracting your leg was your absolute strength, around 550 Newtons.
It's shaped kind of like a peanut and we measured it once with a ruler.
And so, with funding from the Bosack-Kruger Foundation, I got a lot of strains from these different countries and we measured their toxin production in the lab.
We had almost 300 blood samples from healthy human beings 20 to 89 years of age, and we measured over 100 of these communication factors, these hormone-like proteins that transport information between tissues.
Listen, from the point where it suddenly snapped sideways for no reason, to the point where it stopped moving, we measured it.
And so we measured the size of the optic nerve using the scans with David Miller three times - 12 months, six months, and before the infusion - and you can see the gently declining red line.
So we measured how fast amyloid-beta is cleared from the brain when it's awake versus when it's asleep, and we found that indeed, the clearance of amyloid-beta is much more rapid from the sleeping brain.
The way that we measured this was by a scale that was constructed by some other psychologists that simply asked people across a wide variety of situations how likely they are to feel disgust.
We measured it five days ago.
We measured and weighed the it is within League specifications.

Alternatives:

We took measurements of
We quantified
We gauged
We assessed
We determined

We used

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to utilizing something for a specific purpose.

This phrase is used when talking about the action of using something for a particular task or goal.