order of magnitude
noun phrase
: a range of magnitude extending from some value to ten times that value
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In fact, after GPS-collaring around 70 bears between 2016 and 2022, Lamb and colleagues found that survival rates for young grizzlies in the Elk Valley are the lowest recorded in North America and an order of magnitude lower than elsewhere in British Columbia.
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Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Trump is implementing tariffs on a scale an order of magnitude higher, on every country on earth and nearly all goods, and by invoking an emergency authority never used for this purpose.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 5 Apr. 2025
And of course vaccines are an order of magnitude above in health need.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
The estimates differed by an order of magnitude, jumping to $3 trillion from $367 billion.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 5 Feb. 2025
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Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Trump is implementing tariffs on a scale an order of magnitude higher, on every country on earth and nearly all goods, and by invoking an emergency authority never used for this purpose.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 5 Apr. 2025
And of course vaccines are an order of magnitude above in health need.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
The estimates differed by an order of magnitude, jumping to $3 trillion from $367 billion.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for order of magnitude
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“Order of magnitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/order%20of%20magnitude. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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