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
However, the review didn’t quantify how much these reductions might affect long-term health outcomes.
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Sarah Garone, Health, 9 Mar. 2026
The remainder focuses mainly on quantifying the economic benefit created by the Sac State athletics department in recent years.
—Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
But for fans who’ve lived with this show across decades — through different casts, different eras, different presidents being parodied on cold opens — the real measure of Michaels’ impact is harder to quantify.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
The cost imbalance of modern air defense While Iran’s missile and drone arsenal remains difficult to quantify, Western officials are increasingly focused on the cost and availability of defensive interceptors.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
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Sarah Garone, Health, 9 Mar. 2026
The remainder focuses mainly on quantifying the economic benefit created by the Sac State athletics department in recent years.
—Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
But for fans who’ve lived with this show across decades — through different casts, different eras, different presidents being parodied on cold opens — the real measure of Michaels’ impact is harder to quantify.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
The cost imbalance of modern air defense While Iran’s missile and drone arsenal remains difficult to quantify, Western officials are increasingly focused on the cost and availability of defensive interceptors.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
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Bill Cooke, who leads NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, told NBC News at the time that the fireball and sonic booms were likely caused by a small, 7-ton asteroid measuring around 6 feet across.—
Jesse Kirsch,
NBC news,
22 Mar. 2026
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The telescope will be used to observe the radio sky at frequencies below 50 MHz and will measure the low-frequency foreground of the universe.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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Iranian drone strikes on Amazon data centers in Bahrain and the UAE set a new precedent for calculating the risk of storing information and computing power in the Gulf.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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The legislation also would establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource, designed to make computing resources, datasets and infrastructure available to students, researchers, non-profits, small businesses and academic institutions.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
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This stop will assess what can be fixed immediately and what requires attention at its home port in Norfolk.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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There might also be physiological effects directly related to the pollutants, but the study method didn’t allow those to be assessed.—
Richard A. Lovett,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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The initial configuration must weigh under 30 pounds, including two drones and a control unit.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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Mettler-Toledo, which manufactures lab instruments and weighing technology, provides school expenses as part of its expatriate and international benefits package for some senior execs.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantify. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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