as in measured
formal
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
Unlike object detection or medical imaging, visual quality in art can’t be objectively quantified.
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Magnus Resch, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The cultural spillover into tourism is also quantified in the report.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
To what degree Truman’s influence cleared the way can’t be quantified.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
There’s always a math component to the buy/rent decision, but value can’t always be quantified by dollars and cents.
—Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026
For example, my research into the golf industry quantified the immense impact Tiger Woods’ endorsement had on the sale of Nike golf balls.
—Tim Derdenger, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
In a paper first published in 2023 and updated last summer, Friedman, along with Chetty and the Harvard economist David Deming, quantified the advantage that students gain from attending an elite university.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
While economic impact can be quantified and reported, community impact cannot be so easily transacted.
—Michelle Grabner, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Using a week’s worth of data, scientists quantified each person’s total physical movement, along with the proportion of activity that was vigorous enough to make them out of breath.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Magnus Resch, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The cultural spillover into tourism is also quantified in the report.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
To what degree Truman’s influence cleared the way can’t be quantified.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
There’s always a math component to the buy/rent decision, but value can’t always be quantified by dollars and cents.
—Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026
For example, my research into the golf industry quantified the immense impact Tiger Woods’ endorsement had on the sale of Nike golf balls.
—Tim Derdenger, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
In a paper first published in 2023 and updated last summer, Friedman, along with Chetty and the Harvard economist David Deming, quantified the advantage that students gain from attending an elite university.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
While economic impact can be quantified and reported, community impact cannot be so easily transacted.
—Michelle Grabner, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Using a week’s worth of data, scientists quantified each person’s total physical movement, along with the proportion of activity that was vigorous enough to make them out of breath.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantified
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Keep your responses measured and your commitments realistic so nothing escalates unnecessarily.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ben Clemens at FanGraphs measured the change, relative to the 2025 regular season, and found that the zone has shrunk at the top of the zone and on the edges of the plate.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The new tax break is computed and reported on a new federal form, Schedule 1-A, Additional Deductions.—
Annette Nellen,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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Gordian was engineered for nuclear-grade technical work and is equipped with physics and engineering tools, as well as the ability to understand and integrate data through semantic ontology mapping, to ensure that the final output is computed and verified, not inferred, according to the DOE.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
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The association last year weighed the possibility of allowing athletes and coaches to bet on pro sports but decided against that change in the wake of high-profile betting scandals involving NBA and MLB players.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Before anybody could analyze what had happened, Ferdinand, carrying a jockey who probably never weighed 100 pounds in his career — thanks to the birth advantage Downey so aptly pointed out years later — was cruising past the leaders and sailing home a winner.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Quantified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantified. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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