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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 quantifying
Somebody has to be paid to do all that quantifying and validating.
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Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
Cyber-physical systems going to become very pervasive The concept of cy-trust focuses on quantifying trust in a measurable way.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
The agency claims that quantifying health benefits is too uncertain.
—Andrew Behar, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
The article also points out that 81% of enterprises have had an extremely difficult time quantifying the ROI from their investments in AI.
—Vidya Plainfield, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Today, new global health research quantifying the risks of pollution exposure helps explain why disasters like Donora were so deadly, and why similar health threats persist.
—Ella Whitman, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
Each title race is unique, every contending team shaped by a different mental make-up and set of circumstances, and quantifying how each psychological strain manifests itself on the pitch is next to impossible.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The remainder focuses mainly on quantifying the economic benefit created by the Sac State athletics department in recent years.
—Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Regardless, a population of 213 unsheltered homeless people is comparable to, if somewhat higher than, the totals found in unincorporated areas during recent point-in-time counts, a separate method for quantifying the crisis that takes place once a year.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
Cyber-physical systems going to become very pervasive The concept of cy-trust focuses on quantifying trust in a measurable way.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
The agency claims that quantifying health benefits is too uncertain.
—Andrew Behar, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
The article also points out that 81% of enterprises have had an extremely difficult time quantifying the ROI from their investments in AI.
—Vidya Plainfield, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Today, new global health research quantifying the risks of pollution exposure helps explain why disasters like Donora were so deadly, and why similar health threats persist.
—Ella Whitman, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
Each title race is unique, every contending team shaped by a different mental make-up and set of circumstances, and quantifying how each psychological strain manifests itself on the pitch is next to impossible.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The remainder focuses mainly on quantifying the economic benefit created by the Sac State athletics department in recent years.
—Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Regardless, a population of 213 unsheltered homeless people is comparable to, if somewhat higher than, the totals found in unincorporated areas during recent point-in-time counts, a separate method for quantifying the crisis that takes place once a year.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantifying
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By measuring the elevation angles of the auroras in the images and tracing them along Earth's magnetic field lines, the team reconstructed how high the glowing structures extended into the atmosphere.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
26 May 2026
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Putting a full climate price tag on rice production is harder than measuring one greenhouse gas at a time.—
Hanqin Tian,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
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The campaign now moves forward with voters weighing sharply different visions for California’s future as the primary draws closer.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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And other states are weighing similar options.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Real-world error includes sources of error beyond sampling error, such as nonresponse bias, coverage error, late shifts among undecided voters and error in estimating the composition of the electorate.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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China, meanwhile, remains a key customer of Iranian oil, with some analysts estimating that Beijing accounts for up to 90% of Tehran's crude exports.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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But assessing how the rocket and satellite maker stacks up against other companies right now is ultimately a pretty silly exercise — and one that isn’t rooted in the actual promise of what buying shares in SpaceX today will yield in the future.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
23 May 2026
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Investors are assessing elevated bond yields and inflationary pressures, as global government bonds continue to come under pressure.—
Joseph Wilkins,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
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