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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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While the existing ship measures about 858 feet and displaces 42,000 tons, its successor is being designed on a much larger scale to meet future operational demands.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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The biggest change is to the fork, which now measures 147 mm across, or 32 mm wider than what is legal in the competition.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
19 Mar. 2026
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Staab says each of his bison statues weighs 2,500 pounds, and the tallest of the pair stands at nine and a half feet tall.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Through their Landfill Project, the duo weighs every item purchased or donated, and again at checkout.—
Sandra Barrera,
Daily News,
20 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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In the clip below, a former Wagner mercenary assesses his work for the private army.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026
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The discovery of the device prompted some evacuations of buildings in the area while the Bomb Squad assesses and removes the device.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 2026
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South Africa’s gambling industry regulator estimates that around two-thirds of adults engage in online bets, more than double 2017 levels.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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The International Energy Agency estimates that Gulf countries have cut oil production by 10 million barrels per day due to supply constraints since the outbreak of hostilities in Iran.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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