magnitude

Example Sentences

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The latest swarm has been centered in the East Bay suburb of San Ramon, where a magnitude 4 earthquake struck Friday night — the largest since the cluster began — and a magnitude 3.9 on Saturday night.

From Los Angeles Times

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