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
The training center delay’s revenue effect is harder to quantify.
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Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
However, the effect of Mars' gravity on Earth had not been quantified until now.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026
In the mid-2010s, with the rise of Instagram, kind of online exposure began to be measured and quantified, too.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 15 Jan. 2026
Nguyen worries, however, that our urge to quantify the value of our lives and achievements is soul-sucking, and his worries are less fun to read about than his paeans to play.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 14 Jan. 2026
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Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
However, the effect of Mars' gravity on Earth had not been quantified until now.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026
In the mid-2010s, with the rise of Instagram, kind of online exposure began to be measured and quantified, too.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 15 Jan. 2026
Nguyen worries, however, that our urge to quantify the value of our lives and achievements is soul-sucking, and his worries are less fun to read about than his paeans to play.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantify
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The property’s lot measures 4,640 square feet in area.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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For now, expectations remain measured.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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Thankfully, Honeywell stock surged after Quantinuum, the world's biggest integrated quantum computing company, filed to go public earlier this month.—
Paulina Likos,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2026
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The organization will focus on AI, quantum technologies and the future of computing.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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Madinah has taken a pioneering step by assessing SDG indicators at the neighborhood level through The Atlas of Sustainable Development in Al Madinah Neighborhoods.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The juvenile mountain lion was taken to a local veterinarian to be assessed, Cort Klopping, a spokesperson for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said Wednesday afternoon.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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They were asked to sort through Walmart's firearm sales policies, determine whether they were followed and weigh differing accounts inside the store of how widely Mace's troubles were known.—
DAN MORSE THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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Individual metrics were weighed based on their impact on education and quality of life, then scored on a scale from 0-100.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantify. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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