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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That’s exactly what Brain-Score is trying to quantify!
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Eric James Beyer, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2025
Other counts quantify the crisis in different ways, including one managed by the California Department of Education, which recently found that San Diego County schoolchildren increasingly lack a reliable place to sleep.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
It’s now been quantified by Pinterest through the 2025 Summer Trend Report, highlighting our collective craving for more naturality in all things, even if living in a concrete jungle.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
Researchers at Washington University of St. Louis have been quantifying the amount of submicron particles in the air across the country over the last 25 years.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Eric James Beyer, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2025
Other counts quantify the crisis in different ways, including one managed by the California Department of Education, which recently found that San Diego County schoolchildren increasingly lack a reliable place to sleep.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
It’s now been quantified by Pinterest through the 2025 Summer Trend Report, highlighting our collective craving for more naturality in all things, even if living in a concrete jungle.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
Researchers at Washington University of St. Louis have been quantifying the amount of submicron particles in the air across the country over the last 25 years.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantify
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What to know about earthquakes Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey says.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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Don’t measure your progress by job titles or years in one role.—
Minh Pham-Costello,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a piece of computing history that first appeared in MS-DOS 5.0 back in 1991.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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This regulatory blueprint arrives at a sensitive time, just as computing power surges, promising myriad benefits.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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In an email, a spokesperson for Fix the City said the group was assessing the landscape and its options.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Instead, new indicators—like capital efficiency, the sophistication of agent orchestration and speed to market—will become central to how companies are assessed.—
Net Kohen,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Start with the legal fees, awarding the lawyers $400 million in the settlement, weighed against the paltry sums granted to each of the specific student-athlete plaintiffs.—
Guy Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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The escalation of tensions comes as Trump still weighs his options on U.S. involvement, but has warned Iran not to attack American troops.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
21 June 2025
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantify. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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