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Measure concentration with a limited sounding value (7)

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I believe the answer is:

titrate

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'measure' is the definition.
(I know that titrate is a more specific form of measure)

'concentration with a limited sounding value' is the wordplay.
'concentration' becomes 'titre' (titre is a kind of concentration).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'a limited sounding value' becomes 'at' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'titre' going around 'at' is 'TITRATE'.

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(Other definitions for titrate that I've seen before include "Experimental way to measure" , "Carry out scientific analysis" , "Use indicator maybe" , "Measure the strength of (a solution) using a reagent" , "measure volume" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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