as in measuring
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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
So in response to calls to fix the issue — which grew louder in 2020 and 2021 as medicine reckoned with its history of perpetuating racial inequities — the FDA funded a study to generate prospective data in the clinic quantifying the bias.
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Anil Oza, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026
Colorado doesn’t have any way of quantifying whether areas need more hospital beds, and health systems generally described their recent projects as bringing specific types of care closer to communities, rather than relieving a crunch on their existing facilities.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
Yohan Lawrence, secretary general, Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF), told Sourcing Journal that exporters and business groups had not yet had a chance to begin quantifying the damage that has been incurred over the weekend.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 2 Dec. 2025
Instead, a moderate intake is advisable, particularly given the lack of evidence quantifying specific risk thresholds in otherwise healthy normal weight individuals.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Whereas therapy looks backward to heal, and self-help often floats in abstraction, Space of mind looks forward, quantifying how identity, beliefs, and emotions evolve over time.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The county is also committed to quantifying the scale of heat’s death toll.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2025
But there’s some crucial context missing from those season-long totals, so let’s also consider each team’s wRC+ — a stat quantifying offensive value and measuring it in runs created — in more granular detail.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Since its launch, the proprietary metric MPV™ has become a global standard for quantifying content placement value.
—Francesca Pezzoli, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantifying
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President Barack Obama replaced the test in 2012 with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, which promoted living a physically active and healthy lifestyle rather than measuring athletic performance.—
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One explanation for this apparent contradiction, advanced most notably by the South African scientist Tim Noakes, is that the studies are measuring the wrong thing.—
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This lightweight bag provides ample space for belongings like your keys, phone, and wallet, without weighing you down.—
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It's loaded with protein and is thickened slightly with crushed tortilla chips and starch from the beans, so it’s guaranteed to satisfy without weighing you down.—
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The unconventional stay was also affordable, Giglia says, estimating her guests paid about $250 each for the weekend — a steal compared to her husband’s bachelor party in Los Cabos, Mexico, that ran about $800 per head.—
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Over the next 10 years, Dominguez said the city hopes to complete the project, estimating there are still 8,000 homes that will need the replacement after May 2027.—
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The congregation is still assessing the damage and received outreach from other houses of worship, said Schipper.—
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The congregation is still assessing the damage and received outreach from other houses of worship, said Michele Schipper, CEO of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life and past president of the congregation.—
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“Quantifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantifying. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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