quantifying

present participle of quantify

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Recent Examples of quantifying For a wellness culture already obsessed with quantifying rest, circadian scores are the number the sleep score never quite delivered. Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026 In 2018, Picard and his colleagues released the mitochondrial health index — a molecular measure of mitochondria’s capacity to transform energy, calculated by extracting the organelles from a tissue sample and quantifying their contents. Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026 As the cost of quantifying and automating information falls toward zero, such wins and displacements will multiply faster and farther than most institutions can adapt. Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Somebody has to be paid to do all that quantifying and validating. 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantifying
Verb
  • In effect, the surrounding environment behaves like an unintended detector that continually checks the qubits’ state, even though nobody is intentionally measuring them.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
  • The difficult part was measuring the distortions accurately enough such that the correcting heat could be applied with exact precision.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • The torrent’s force moved boulders more than 20 feet in diameter and weighing more than 275 tons, equivalent to the heft of more than 150 Subaru Outbacks.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 July 2026
  • Dermatologists, cosmetic chemists and aesthetic physicians say the distinction matters, especially for anyone weighing what to spend money on.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Critics frequently cite a Congressional Budget Office analysis estimating that broad Medicare coverage of anti-obesity medicines would increase federal deficits by about $35 billion from 2026 through 2034.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The work also comes with an understanding of the science and data of the existing student population, Hughes said, and estimating how to build that up.
    Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • Second, reinvest in competitiveness by upgrading tools and continuously assessing market advantage.
    Micah Logan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In recent years, these markets have often proved uncannily accurate, and challenged more traditional metrics for assessing public sentiment such as polls.
    Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 29 July 2026

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“Quantifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantifying. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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