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as in significance
the quality or state of being important
the magnitude of the issue can scarcely be overstated
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as in vastness
the quality or state of being very large
the mountain's sheer magnitude usually leaves tourists speechless
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as in size
the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something
the magnitude of the planned skyscraper is totally disproportionate with that of the other buildings on the block
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Recent Examples of magnitude
But in a new paper that has yet to be peer-reviewed, a team of researchers that includes NASA scientists argue that a lunar impact of that magnitude could kick up debris that would threaten Earth's satellites, and even astronauts on the International Space Station.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The chances of another magnitude 4 are 2%.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
But the magnitude of those highs has served only to make the subsequent troubles more agonising.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
The ringed planet only gets to about 35 degrees high in the south at its highest, glowing slightly brighter than a first-magnitude star all night.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The chances of another magnitude 4 are 2%.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
But the magnitude of those highs has served only to make the subsequent troubles more agonising.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
The ringed planet only gets to about 35 degrees high in the south at its highest, glowing slightly brighter than a first-magnitude star all night.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnitude
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Historic Kansas City, in a statement last week, highlighted the Jeserich and Ward buildings’ significance.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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Many players found new homes via free agency, but outside of that, nothing of major significance happened.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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The country spans 11 different time zones, making its vastness its biggest weakness in defending against Ukrainian drone attacks.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Our Universe may be full of stars, galaxies, and a cosmic web of large-scale structure, all separated by the vastness of empty space between them, but it wasn’t born that way.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have used a massive UK Biobank dataset analysis to identify that fat distribution, not just overall size, maps to distinct changes in brain structure and connectivity.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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Shoppers can choose from a plethora of colors, including neutrals such as light gray and beige, and autumn-ready hues such as red orange, all of which are available in sizes from twin to oversized king.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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While the app is available and encouraged year-round, the week was a spotlight on the importance of joint effort when conserving the environment, Zirk said.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement In 1985, the Sundance Institute took over the United States Film Festival—later changing the name to the Sundance Film Festival—expanding on Bob’s innovative vision of the importance of films finding their audiences.—
Michelle Satter,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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To appreciate the full moral weight and dramatic immensity of these moments means grasping the significance of the moments leading up to them—and the ones that come afterward.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
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Not even the best paintings or photographs can ever trace its immensity; only fractions can be glimpsed and never held for long.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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Christopher Smith does this in a physical way, going from one dimension to another that’s as different from his own life as can possibly be imagined.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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Williams gives Danny — or DD as he’s nicknamed — more dimension and turns him into one of the most affable leads on any show running right now.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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The department has opened numerous probes into the national security ramifications of imports of wind turbines, airplanes, semiconductors, heavy trucks, polysilicon, copper, timber and lumber and critical minerals.—
Reuters 12 hr ago,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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The European Union, which was founded on open market principles, just completed an agreement with Indonesia that reduces tariffs to zero on 80% of imports.—
Christopher Smart,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
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Hawley, who directed the premiere, brings an impressive sense of scale to the action, conveying the hugeness of the spaceship and its urban crash zone, contrasted with the smallness of the figures trying to make their way through the mayhem.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Magnitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnitude. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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