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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 quantifies
Original analysis by The Washington Post quantifies the pain at the pump.
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Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2026
Flagstaff’s Buffalo Park, just a couple miles from downtown, measures about a 4 on the Bortle scale, which quantifies the level of light pollution.
—Emily Elconin, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
The study, published in the journal Energy Storage Materials, quantifies the impact of this technique on ion transport.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
One of the simplest types of measure — the Lebesgue measure — quantifies a set’s length.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
As the nation debates health care affordability in the wake of a federal government shutdown over Affordable Care Act health insurance costs and subsidies, West Health officials said the survey quantifies Americans worries and struggles to pay for health care.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
Now, a new study quantifies the health impacts of all that smoke.
—Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
This image illustrates the 9-point Bortle scale, which quantifies the impact of light pollution on the darkness of a night sky at a particular location.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Sep. 2025
Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2026
Flagstaff’s Buffalo Park, just a couple miles from downtown, measures about a 4 on the Bortle scale, which quantifies the level of light pollution.
—Emily Elconin, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
The study, published in the journal Energy Storage Materials, quantifies the impact of this technique on ion transport.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
One of the simplest types of measure — the Lebesgue measure — quantifies a set’s length.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
As the nation debates health care affordability in the wake of a federal government shutdown over Affordable Care Act health insurance costs and subsidies, West Health officials said the survey quantifies Americans worries and struggles to pay for health care.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
Now, a new study quantifies the health impacts of all that smoke.
—Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
This image illustrates the 9-point Bortle scale, which quantifies the impact of light pollution on the darkness of a night sky at a particular location.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantifies
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Earlier this month, Frisco — which measures less than two square miles and has a population of about 3,000 — and those agencies worked out a plan for wildfire fuel reduction on national forest land.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2026
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For vessels still carrying crude exports from the Gulf, accurate positioning data is crucial for mitigating risks of collisions or running aground when passing through the narrow Strait, which measures only 21 miles (33 km) at its narrowest, Kpler's Subasic said.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
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Edelmira Firman stands 4-foot-11 and weighs around 140 pounds, deputies said.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Murray is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 230 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray shirt, gray sweatpants and black and blue shoes.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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During training, each GPU computes a mathematical operation called a gradient on its own batch of data.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
10 Jan. 2026
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Outside of the payrolls and CPI report, the BLS also computes data on import and export prices, job openings, producer prices, productivity and other metrics.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
14 Nov. 2025
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The United Kingdom assesses that Iran had not only transferred Shahed drones to Moscow for use on the battlefield in Ukraine but also production know-how to Russia, which has helped Iran refine its drone warfare.—
Margaret Brennan,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Using advanced analytical characterization techniques, this analysis also assesses for inorganic compounds that may adversely affect laser treatment.—
Etiido Uko
March 28,
New Atlas,
28 Mar. 2026
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Dotter estimates 25 to 45 defendants a year would be civilly committed if the bill passes.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The report estimates about 200,000 people were displaced in the violence in Sweida, the heartland of Syria's Druze community.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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