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
Salah is still dominating opponents at 32, having been studied and strategised against for years, which is a hard value to quantify but clearly worth something.
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 2 May 2025
For instance, most people would say values are not something that can be quantified.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2025
The researchers quantified the economic fallout of different sizes of budget cuts to federal agencies that fund non-defense scientific R&D, including the NIH, the NSF, the Department of Energy, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Perhaps the locker room is now rallied around Josh Heupel and his staff, spurring something positive that’s hard to quantify.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 2 May 2025
For instance, most people would say values are not something that can be quantified.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2025
The researchers quantified the economic fallout of different sizes of budget cuts to federal agencies that fund non-defense scientific R&D, including the NIH, the NSF, the Department of Energy, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Perhaps the locker room is now rallied around Josh Heupel and his staff, spurring something positive that’s hard to quantify.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantify
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The fastest way to measure your weight is through your body mass index (BMI).—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
15 May 2025
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During the first decades of our century, Peru maintained a moderately free economy, as measured by the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Synapses are the way neurons move and compute information in the brain.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
14 May 2025
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Power is the lifeblood of data centers, but data centers aren’t plug-and-play operations, requiring copious amounts of electricity for computing power and fans to keep the infrastructure cool.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
27 Apr. 2025
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Part of? Or anchor of? Buying time with a possible Herro extension allows not only deeper consideration for the financials, but also to better assess what could augment Adebayo/Herro or, frankly, supplant Adebayo/Herro.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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So, while executives are scrambling to assess how much of their upcoming slates might be affected, many of the below-the-line unions were cautiously optimistic — or, like the Teamsters, outright enthusiastic.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
9 May 2025
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Then there’s a 12in scooter motor weighing just 8kg but still delivering 20hp and 300Nm of torque, plus a 120mm motor with 4hp and 20Nm weighing just 1.5kg and aimed at drone applications.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Each Abrams tank can weigh 60 tons or more and carry a crew of four. Concerns over the tanks’ weight, and what that would do to D.C.‘s streets, ultimately kept them from being used for a parade during Trump’s first term.—
Tara Copp,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantify. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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