as in to measure
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to find the quantity or amount of (something)
It is difficult to quantify intelligence. Doctors have quantified the risks of smoking cigarettes. It is impossible to quantify the number of websites on the Internet.
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Recent Examples of quantify
Those numbers can quantify how great she’s been in the final third, which is to be expected.
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
Research has quantified the Harmattan’s impact on air quality and public health.
—Christophe Lavaysse, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2025
In a series of memos drafted by Nicholas Enrich, the acting assistant administrator for global health at USAID, and obtained by the press, including NPR, the potential for damage is quantified with estimates of how many people would possibly become sick and die if the pause in U.S. aid continues.
—Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
Her team set out to correct that situation by quantifying the number of cancers that stem from CT imaging.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 18 Apr. 2025
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
Research has quantified the Harmattan’s impact on air quality and public health.
—Christophe Lavaysse, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2025
In a series of memos drafted by Nicholas Enrich, the acting assistant administrator for global health at USAID, and obtained by the press, including NPR, the potential for damage is quantified with estimates of how many people would possibly become sick and die if the pause in U.S. aid continues.
—Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
Her team set out to correct that situation by quantifying the number of cancers that stem from CT imaging.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantify
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Trump 100 days: Former president's success created measuring stick for future leaders Poll: Trump loses trust on the economy as 100-day mark nears From Trump to Reagan: Their first 100 days Trump promised to improve the economy on Day 1.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Even a relatively low level of inflation indicates an increase in price levels, however, since inflation measures the pace of change in prices, David Bieri, an economist at Virginia Tech University, told ABC News.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
3 May 2025
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That is much higher than the estimate computed from the amount of carbon monoxide present in the cloud — as little as 20 times the mass of our sun.—
Katrina Miller,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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The amount of computing power required to perform decision-making at scale strains AI and drives the cost up.—
Srinivasa Rao Bittla,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York assessed the challenge that Donald Trump has to deal with on the economy, one of two major factors the president promised to address ahead of the 2024 election.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Apr. 2025
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Still, Ukrainian military and intelligence officials have assessed that the North Koreans gained crucial battlefield experience and have been key to Russia’s strategy of overwhelming Ukraine by throwing large numbers of soldiers into the battle for Kursk.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Together, the items weigh more than 15 pounds and could be worth as much as $340,000, report Radio Prague International’s Ruth Fraňková and Lörincz Tomáš.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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That said, growing up with the constant fear of my father’s deportation weighed heavily on me.—
Carielle Escalante,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantify. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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