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magnitude

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




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With sentiment so bearish, the magnitude of this recent snapback rally makes more sense, Thompson told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Florian Wirtz: Simply has to do better, particularly in games of this magnitude.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The pain relief was comparable in magnitude to benefits reported for some commonly used medications.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

“You’re hitting the ground with the same magnitude of force,” says Dr. Daniel Lieberman, a Harvard evolutionary biologist whose research focuses on how modern footwear has altered human biomechanics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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

“At these magnitudes, half of it time-based just seems too much.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

So far, officials have confirmed at least 1430 deaths from the magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes - the latter being one of the strongest quakes recorded in the country in the last century.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

The twin quakes — with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 — struck the nation within 39 seconds just after 6 p.m on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

The quakes occur about every five to six years, repeatedly rupturing nearly the same sections of the fault and reaching nearly identical magnitudes.

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026

This for us is more than enough for the calculations, predictions, and information which we need to have of the positions, places, magnitudes and motions of the planets.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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