quantifying

present participle of quantify

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quantifying Summary Artificial intelligence is increasingly cited in job cuts, with over 100,000 attributed to AI in 2026 through June, yet precisely quantifying its employment impact remains challenging. Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The figure is meant to make the play both more credible and more threatening, quantifying both what Paramount stands to gain and what California stands to lose. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantifying
Verb
  • Raw chicken was thawing inside a prep sink in low stagnant water measuring 81 degrees.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Bitcoin's trillion-dollar status is a blend of productive achievement, future wager, and the shrinking value of the measuring dollar.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Warchus says the pair spent a couple of years weighing whether to attempt a musical version at all, wary of tampering with a project both are proud of.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The brand's Hydro Rush line (launched in 2023) gets lots of love from natural hair influencers for fulfilling their hair’s hydration needs without weighing it down.
    Ava Welsing-Kitcher, Allure, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Residents said scores of people were abducted, with some estimating between 60 and 80 people were kidnapped.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • While research falls short on estimating how many faces a person sees in a day in 2026, researchers estimated a decade ago that 95 million photos and videos were posted to Instagram each day.
    Nicole Karlis, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Its vintage experts also consider fashion history, designers, collections and cultural context when assessing whether an item is historically, culturally or stylistically significant.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Due to a lack of reliable data and the regime’s complete control of the media, accurately assessing what is happening on the ground in North Korea is notoriously difficult, said WioNews.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Quantifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantifying. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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