magnitude
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“But Baja is not one of those places. It is not easy to get an anomaly of this magnitude, so that in my mind makes it even more impressive — and terrifying.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 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
Due to the magnitude, Fitzgerald would expect opposition from state attorneys general and significant lobbying against the deal by the rest of the airline industry, assuming the federal government were to signal its blessing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 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
New England has had two quakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater in the last two hundred years.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing magnitude
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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The Number System
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