numbers 1 of 2

plural of number
as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value if you believe the president's numbers, we can afford these new programs and still have tax cuts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of number

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Noun
  • Her son simply made a statistical calculation based on probability theory and realized that the odds of both lunches being wrong were considerably different from the odds of a single order getting messed up.
    Rob Long, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
  • What initiatives, clients, and/or offerings weigh the most in your performance evaluation, raise and bonus calculations and promotion decisions?
    Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Lively’s filing includes texts and emails between Baldoni and his PR team detailing their online strategy to damage Lively’s reputation, inflaming the negative narratives about Lively that were beginning to brew online.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Main Board short turnover decreased by -45% from yesterday, which is 45% of the 1-year average, as 11% of turnover was short turnover (Hong Kong short turnover includes ETF short volume, which is driven by market makers’ ETF hedging).
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Its government has long emphasized science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Tucker graduated from Duke University in 2019 with a major in math and served as the sports editor for its student newspaper, The Chronicle.
    Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • By Monica Sager Live News Reporter 10 North Carolina Representative Virginia Foxx fell while walking down the marble staircase outside the House chamber, her communications team tells Newsweek.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Unrepentant, a new book by Peter Edwards, tells the story of Campbell—now in his 60s—from his violent upbringing and hard-partying ways, to a relentless dedication to the biker lifestyle.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Products, like Latisse—which contains an ingredient called Prostaglandin—were specially formulated to help lashes grow long.
    Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But the problem, experts say, is that sewage today contains a host of chemicals, including PFAS, generated by businesses, factories and homes.
    Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The victory completes a Damascene conversion in German politics – using the outgoing parliamentary arithmetic.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
  • This particular bump, as opposed to the previous ones in NBA history, is not driven by simple arithmetic.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Part of his immigration plan involves suspending the nation’s refugee program, according to The New York Times.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This involves making sure that the company takes risks that are well justified, and the skeptics views are critical for informing these calculations.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • This national park encompasses the 14,000-foot peak Mount Rainier, which also happens to be an active volcano.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
  • There’s a comfortable familiarity to their dynamics that encompasses a fair share of grumbling.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Numbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numbers. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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