quantifiable
adjective
quan·ti·fi·a·ble
ˌkwän-tə-ˈfī-ə-bəl 
: able to be expressed as an amount, quantity, or numerical value : capable of being quantified
quantifiable risks/benefits
There's a school of thought in Hollywood that good comedy is quantifiable, that you can measure a successful script or pilot on a punchlines-per-page or laughs-per-minute basis.—
Daniel Fienberg
Daniel FienbergThese companies are ranked based on their score in Entrepreneur's 2016 Franchise 500, which is determined by objective, quantifiable criteria, including system size, growth and financial strength and stability.—Tracy Stapp Herold
Tracy Stapp Herold
quantifiably
adverb
Those who offer medical care to the children of poverty find themselves using their research projects to demonstrate that poverty is not only damaging, but quantifiably damaging to infants and children, searching for specific indices of growth and development, individual health and family function, which will allow them to measure the parameters of growing up at the bottom of our society.
—Perri Klass
Perri Klass
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Setting Concrete Goals For Success Going forward, DOGE should consider setting clear, quantifiable benchmarks so that success can be easily defined and measured.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
But as Posey views it, creating and instilling a winning frame of mind will make an even greater if less quantifiable impact.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
When likes and follower counts offer a quantifiable measure of your worthiness, all of life’s milestones — good and bad — become bids for affirmation.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
And the quantifiable signs that the economy is good — low unemployment, inflation well below its peak and strong consumer spending — haven't materially changed since before Election Day.
—Mike Allen, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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James Broughel, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
But as Posey views it, creating and instilling a winning frame of mind will make an even greater if less quantifiable impact.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
When likes and follower counts offer a quantifiable measure of your worthiness, all of life’s milestones — good and bad — become bids for affirmation.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
And the quantifiable signs that the economy is good — low unemployment, inflation well below its peak and strong consumer spending — haven't materially changed since before Election Day.
—Mike Allen, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Quantifiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quantifiable. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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