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order of magnitude

noun

  1. Also called: order.the approximate size of something, esp measured in powers of 10

    the order of magnitude of the deficit was as expected

    their estimates differ by an order of magnitude

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"It will of course not be all used for good, but we trust humanity and think the good will outweigh the bad by orders of magnitude," he wrote.

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“Transformational, on the order of magnitude of the advent of e-commerce itself.”

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Voters accepted the deal, and this year, $1.5 billion or more from the two measures — ULA and A — will be flowing in orders of magnitude more than the previous ones.

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The pressure to perform would be greater by several orders of magnitude.

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It is an order of magnitude worse that the Trump administration has imposed these tactics on an entire federal workforce of dedicated career civil servants who actually care about their country.

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