qualitative

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"Quantitatively, there may be refinements. For example, the current treatment includes gravity in a static, lowest-order approximation. The pulsar is rotating, and including rotational effects could introduce quantitative changes, though not qualitative ones."

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

The result is a statistical rise in participation that masks a qualitative divide: opportunity at the top, compulsion at the bottom.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Moreover, Stellantis’s preliminary result estimates for the second half point to full-year numbers below consensus expectations, and its qualitative guidance for 2026 is also lower than expected, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

It is a quantitative and qualitative analytical work in progress.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

The great difference between us and the other animals may be the qualitative difference made by speech.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas