how to find length of a variable in BASH?

lets define a variable first,

# TEST=1234567890

to find the length of variable TEST,

# echo ${#TEST}
10

its possible to assign the length to a new variable, say LENGTH

# LENGTH=${#TEST}
# echo $LENGTH
10

now try to find the length of the following variable,

# TEST="my length is"

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