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magnitude

[mag-ni-tood, -tyood] / ˈmæg nɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /




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“He immediately understood the magnitude of the World Cup and instructed his administration to help. We’re talking about the most powerful country in the world, and there are things that must be taken into account.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It is possible that it is reducing hiring in a few specific occupations and age groups but even that evidence is weak and the aggregate magnitude of any labor market impact is small to zero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

That makes them about seven orders of magnitude, or 10 million times, more energetic than particles accelerated inside the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

He stressed that the cycle often makes mistakes and it speaks to the timing and direction of turns rather than their magnitude.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Emeline never would have accepted so mundane a means of communicating news of such magnitude.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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