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
To what degree Truman’s influence cleared the way can’t be quantified.
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Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
There’s always a math component to the buy/rent decision, but value can’t always be quantified by dollars and cents.
—Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026
For example, my research into the golf industry quantified the immense impact Tiger Woods’ endorsement had on the sale of Nike golf balls.
—Tim Derdenger, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
In a paper first published in 2023 and updated last summer, Friedman, along with Chetty and the Harvard economist David Deming, quantified the advantage that students gain from attending an elite university.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
While economic impact can be quantified and reported, community impact cannot be so easily transacted.
—Michelle Grabner, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Using a week’s worth of data, scientists quantified each person’s total physical movement, along with the proportion of activity that was vigorous enough to make them out of breath.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Young also was pleased that Chewy quantified how artificial intelligence will affect its business.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
But in the pursuit of a quicker and more capable M2, the CS also serves as a reminder that there are some elements of the driving experience that can’t be easily quantified on a spec sheet.
—Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2026
Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
There’s always a math component to the buy/rent decision, but value can’t always be quantified by dollars and cents.
—Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026
For example, my research into the golf industry quantified the immense impact Tiger Woods’ endorsement had on the sale of Nike golf balls.
—Tim Derdenger, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
In a paper first published in 2023 and updated last summer, Friedman, along with Chetty and the Harvard economist David Deming, quantified the advantage that students gain from attending an elite university.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
While economic impact can be quantified and reported, community impact cannot be so easily transacted.
—Michelle Grabner, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Using a week’s worth of data, scientists quantified each person’s total physical movement, along with the proportion of activity that was vigorous enough to make them out of breath.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Young also was pleased that Chewy quantified how artificial intelligence will affect its business.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
But in the pursuit of a quicker and more capable M2, the CS also serves as a reminder that there are some elements of the driving experience that can’t be easily quantified on a spec sheet.
—Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantified
Verb
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Make sure to have all of your ingredients prepped, measured, and ready to go.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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His life was not measured in years, but in love, sacrifice, and purpose.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The new tax break is computed and reported on a new federal form, Schedule 1-A, Additional Deductions.—
Annette Nellen,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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Gordian was engineered for nuclear-grade technical work and is equipped with physics and engineering tools, as well as the ability to understand and integrate data through semantic ontology mapping, to ensure that the final output is computed and verified, not inferred, according to the DOE.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Flavin says she is left with few options and has weighed closing the shop and reopening possibly as a nail salon, but says that this community is too important to give up on.—
Ray Campos,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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After noticing a problem, keepers separated the mother from her newborn, who weighed just 443 grams (less than a pound) and required immediate placement in an incubator at CIMBA to stabilize his temperature and safeguard his health, Reynoso Ruiz said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Quantified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantified. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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