as in measured
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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 quantified
Facial dynamics were quantified using the Euclidean distance between facial landmarks from the resting expression and subsequent frames, with peak activation defined at the frame showing the largest acceleration of change.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 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
Impact isn't always immediate or easily quantified.
—Thomas Evans, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
My analysis quantified the impact of new international students’ non-tuition spending.
—Bjorn Markeson, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Because the feeling of Asian-ness, if it can be quantified as such, had always meant—for me—abundance, exuberance, and presence.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
In a world built on engagement metrics, dignity reminds us that not everything that can be quantified should be.
—Nicole Brachetti Peretti, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 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
Impact isn't always immediate or easily quantified.
—Thomas Evans, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
My analysis quantified the impact of new international students’ non-tuition spending.
—Bjorn Markeson, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Because the feeling of Asian-ness, if it can be quantified as such, had always meant—for me—abundance, exuberance, and presence.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
In a world built on engagement metrics, dignity reminds us that not everything that can be quantified should be.
—Nicole Brachetti Peretti, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantified
Verb
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In the past two years, Russian territorial gains in some areas can be measured in just yards per day, well under half a football field, the CSIS report says.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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What cannot be measured is neglected.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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How many people on Earth actually understand how wins above replacement are computed?—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Today, pi has been computed to over 200 trillion digits, using algorithms whose foundations trace back to Ramanujan’s ideas.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Rani’s newborn son weighed almost eight pounds and had perfect neonatal scores.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) report weighed crime statistics from 40 cities that have reported monthly data for the past eight years.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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