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 City of Pasadena has claimed a UCLA departure would result in intangible reputational harms that might be impossible to quantify.
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
But Bregman walking into Wrigley Field in the middle of winter is an acknowledgment that not everything can be quantified, and a statement that this team again expects to be playing into late October.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 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
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
But Bregman walking into Wrigley Field in the middle of winter is an acknowledgment that not everything can be quantified, and a statement that this team again expects to be playing into late October.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 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
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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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Previously limited to small, one-dimensional forms, time crystals can now be explored at larger scales thanks to IBM Quantum computers and innovative ways to combine quantum and classical computing resources.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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That’s bad news for Chinese firms, which have been limited in their access to compute—the chips used to train and run AI models—since 2022, when the Biden administration restricted the export of the advanced manufacturing equipment used to produce the chips, and then the chips themselves in 2023.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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In the late 1990s, psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen developed a new metric for assessing human mental and emotional conditions, albeit indirectly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The State Department has four travel advisory levels to help travelers assess safety risks before visiting other countries.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … LEGAL LOOPHOLE – Luigi Mangione returns to court as judge weighs defense motion to dismiss death penalty charge.—
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FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Eventually a team from TPWD arrived with a tanker truck to carry the fish back to the Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, where all the Legacy Lunkers (largemouth bass weighing 14 pounds or more) are brought to carry on the state’s selective breeding program.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
29 Jan. 2026
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