magnitude
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“I didn’t anticipate the magnitude of those headwinds because … as time went by, those headwinds were created by misperceptions.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
“You’ve seen moves of this magnitude before, except you don’t necessarily tend to see them this close to the market highs.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Philippa Childs, head of broadcasting union Bectu, warned that "cuts of this magnitude" would be "devastating for the workforce and to the BBC as a whole".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Outside of the Covid-19 pandemic, the last drop of that magnitude occurred in late 2013, as baby boomers retired in large numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Its entire annual budget was about £2,000, worth about $80,000 in twenty-first-century US currency and meager even in the old days for the magnitude of its work.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing magnitude
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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The Number System
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