magnitude
Example Sentences
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The magnitude of the move, along with the fact that it didn’t spread to shares of other large Indian tech firms, left some investors scratching their heads.
From MarketWatch
The Bank of Japan anticipates more rate hikes in the coming year but didn’t specify the timing or magnitude of future increases.
From Barron's
The Bank of Japan anticipates more rate hikes in the coming year but didn’t specify the timing or magnitude of future increases.
From Barron's
As Gelman observes, the problem with this approach as policy “is not just the innumeracy, it’s the blithe disregard for it, the idea that being off by multiple orders of magnitude ... just doesn’t matter.”
From Los Angeles Times
A magnitude-7.1 quake in southwestern China, killing scores of people, is also felt in neighboring India, Nepal and Bhutan.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
