How to Use index number in a Sentence
index number
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The index numbers are based on the close of trading in New York Wednesday.
—Brendan Coffey, Bloomberg.com, 12 Oct. 2017
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Its index number is down, but not enough for anyone else from Washington to New England to beat it.
—Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 17 June 2022
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According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Babcock wrote his own rules, gave English names to the tiles and added index numbers to the tiles.
—Kelly Wilkinson, Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2020
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The overall index number was bad, but even more worrisome is the report's drop in factory orders of exports, said Torsten Slok, chief economist at Deutsche Bank.
—Anneken Tappe, CNN, 1 Oct. 2019
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Residents can look up their property through their property index number or address and pay their current tax bill online at www.dupageco.org.
—Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2021
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Mississippi places most poorly in this system, with an index number of 100 based on a high percentage of uninsured drivers and high fatality rate.
—Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
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The weather service expects temperatures in the Boston area to remain in the 60s throughout Tuesday, representing a marked departure from the weekend’s triple-digit heat index numbers.
—Peter Bailey-Wells, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
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His department uses the national air quality index numbers on its smoke blog because the U.S. Forest Service, and other federal agencies contribute to the blog.
—Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, 21 Aug. 2018
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April’s affordability index number represents an 18% increase from last year’s, according to the company.
—Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 7 June 2022
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Investors were awaiting Chinese manufacturing and nonmanufacturing purchasing managers index numbers, due out Wednesday, for clues on the health of the world’s second-largest economy.
—David Hodari, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2018
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