Thesaurus results for MAGNITUDES

magnitudes

noun

plural of magnitude

as in sizes

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 magnitudes Earthquakes with magnitudes under 3 are sometimes felt but rarely cause damage, according to seismologists. —

Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026 Total lunar eclipses with magnitudes only slightly above 1 tend to appear lighter copper or reddish in tone rather than a very dark crimson, because the moon does not travel deeply through the shadow. —

Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026 That two-month tally, which included earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes, was among the area’s highest on record. —

Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026 The beam is magnitudes stronger than a medical X-ray, and can rapidly identify minute traces of chemicals from ink that has been erased, said University of Wisconsin physics researcher Minhal Gardezi, part of the Hipparchus team. —

Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026 What do earthquake magnitudes mean? —

Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025 While the magnitudes and epicenter depths varied between the events, three of the four occurred offshore, limiting the immediate impact on populations but highlighting the area’s constant tectonic activity. —

Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 That means investors in that name and the other AI stocks expect the companies to keep ratcheting up their profit and revenue forecasts by large magnitudes in order to justify investors continuing to buy the shares. —

Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025 Without these people and their selfless actions, this could have been a tragedy of many magnitudes more. —

Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025

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At one point during the nearly three-hour discussion, Trustee Adam Sidoti inquired if the ordinance before the Village Board could be amended to put restrictions on certain truck sizes and weights in order prevent large, heavy vehicles from using Sanders Road to access the property.

— Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
To make your yard appealing to a wide variety of bees, install several bee houses with nesting holes of varying sizes.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026