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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
According to the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, which quantifies the magnitude of certain life stressors, child loss is one of the most devastating losses a person can experience.
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Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Original analysis by The Washington Post quantifies the pain at the pump.
—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
Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Original analysis by The Washington Post quantifies the pain at the pump.
—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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But the whale, which measures 12 to 15 meters (39 to 49 feet) long, never found its way back to the North Sea and was stranded again while becoming weaker and sicker.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The ride measures 2,604 feet in length, with a maximum height of 59 feet and top speeds of about 45 mph.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, is a devastating complication of prematurity that weighs heavily on our minds.—
Alexander Crider,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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He was born today at 11am and weighs 8 lbs.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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That means if a gig worker or their employer computes a tip amount and requires customers to pay it, that tip isn’t tax-deductible.—
Annette Nellen,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 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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Before applying to be a special agent, Canvasser was a civilian employee assigned to the Office of Strategic Information and Intelligence, which monitors and assesses threats to the president and others under Secret Service protection.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The due diligence team reviews historical well records, verifies well locations in the field, assesses vapor and methane conditions, and coordinates closely with regulators and local agencies using a systematic approach.—
Tim Rathmann,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Beyond the acquisition costs, the report estimates spending another $21 billion in capital investment over the space of three decades to maintain the assets for transmission and distribution of the utility system.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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With a battery capacity of 2,016 Wh, Bluetti estimates this can run a standard 2-kWH, 18-22-cu-ft (510-623-L) fridge for about 22 hours on a full charge.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Apr. 2026
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