as in measured
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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 quantified
If a risk can’t be quantified, the investor might pass.
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Joshua Stein, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
In a new analysis, scientists quantified the various processes, and concluded that the overwhelming majority of the Universe’s gold comes from colliding neutron stars.
—Big Think, 19 Dec. 2024
The likelihood and potential impacts of environmental and human rights risks must be quantified.
—Jim Deloach, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Biologists at Caltech have quantified the rate of human thought in terms of bits.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2024
Newton drafted a report, including line charts that quantified his behavior with and without the interventions and photographs of her team’s injuries.
—Annie Waldman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
The governor has not quantified the amount of funding the state would make available for rebates and said the money would come from the cap-and-trade program, the state’s market for pollution credits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
But while some welcome a break from the status quo, others are more hesitant, particularly when the outcome can’t be fully predicted or quantified.
—Miriam Moore, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Now, that disappointment can be quantified, with the university suffering a net decline of about $150 million in private giving.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Joshua Stein, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
In a new analysis, scientists quantified the various processes, and concluded that the overwhelming majority of the Universe’s gold comes from colliding neutron stars.
—Big Think, 19 Dec. 2024
The likelihood and potential impacts of environmental and human rights risks must be quantified.
—Jim Deloach, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Biologists at Caltech have quantified the rate of human thought in terms of bits.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2024
Newton drafted a report, including line charts that quantified his behavior with and without the interventions and photographs of her team’s injuries.
—Annie Waldman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
The governor has not quantified the amount of funding the state would make available for rebates and said the money would come from the cap-and-trade program, the state’s market for pollution credits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
But while some welcome a break from the status quo, others are more hesitant, particularly when the outcome can’t be fully predicted or quantified.
—Miriam Moore, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Now, that disappointment can be quantified, with the university suffering a net decline of about $150 million in private giving.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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