as in to measure
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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 quantify
Instead, quantify your achievements with specific metrics that demonstrate your value to the organization.
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
But import restrictions other than tariffs, such as regulatory requirements, could be hard to quantify, economists say.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
The weight of expectations can be difficult to quantify, but undeniably, there is pressure on this group to get back to the postseason for the first time since 2020 and secure their first division title in a full season since 2017.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Critics of the program have said that handing out grants is a bad idea, and economic impact can be difficult to quantify.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
But import restrictions other than tariffs, such as regulatory requirements, could be hard to quantify, economists say.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
The weight of expectations can be difficult to quantify, but undeniably, there is pressure on this group to get back to the postseason for the first time since 2020 and secure their first division title in a full season since 2017.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Critics of the program have said that handing out grants is a bad idea, and economic impact can be difficult to quantify.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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The Dodgers’ roster continues to be a stress test and a measuring stick.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Even so, those figures represent a sharp recovery from early January, when statewide snowpack measured just 2.7 inches — only 10% of the April 1 average and 28% of normal for that date.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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But their work didn’t rule out the possibility of bizarre algorithms that could somehow use the same piece of memory for storage and calculations simultaneously—the computing equivalent of using a page filled with important notes as scratch paper.—
Ben Brubaker,
Wired News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Put simply, this is a mathematical function that is easy to compute moving forward in time, but extremely difficult to compute in the opposite direction.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Noland said the railroad is assessing fines as an incentive for the design/build contractor to finish its work as soon as possible.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Chelsea’s sale of their women’s team to themselves is still being assessed by the Premier League and will not count towards UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Climate change, war, political polarization, total economic collapse — the general unpredictability of the future can all weigh heavily on people who are thinking about becoming parents.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Males can eventually weigh 500 pounds on average, while females typically weigh 250 pounds.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantify. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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