Thesaurus results for QUANTIFY

quantify

verb

Definition of quantify

as in to measure

formal 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 quantify While lost earnings and career atrophy can be hard to truly quantify, more couples are trying to account for it in their prenuptial agreements. — Grace Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 A lot of it comes down to quantifying things at a local level to see what people want, and maybe even having referendums in certain places. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026 The companies have not disclosed test results or quantified Halo’s performance against deliberate electronic interference. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026 The case mortality rate is the best index for quantifying care, said the IDF medical specialist. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quantify

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Engagement is often seen as a metric about sentiment that can be measured and tracked, but is treated as something employees bring—or fail to bring—to their jobs.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Testing sensors on canisters During the INL demonstration, researchers installed optical fibers outside a mock nuclear fuel canister and tested several arrangements to measure acoustic vibrations.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of measure

Verb

These advances are key as larger, more complex AI models demand seemingly endless amounts of computing power.

— Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Unlike conventional bicycles, its head houses most of the robot’s mass, including its computing hardware, batteries, and powerful jumping actuators.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of compute

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Officials reviewed the play for a possible hostile act by Howard, but assessed no foul on the Atlanta guard.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Our teams are working to assess the damage and enable operations to resume under the best possible conditions.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of assess

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Congress weighs competing proposals Anthropic’s draft enters a crowded legislative debate over how the United States should regulate frontier AI.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
With resurgent inflation and traders weighing the Fed's next move, any signal on the rate path could ripple through the equities, bond and currency markets.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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