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Recent Examples of numeric
Reporting on inflation isn’t all that useful when the percentages tossed about like numeric salad with a light panic vinaigrette are unaccompanied by more context and comparison.
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Erik Sherman, Forbes, 23 June 2021
The state’s overall community college and university headcount dropped by about 123,000 students — the largest numeric decrease of any state.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
From the insight derivation or analytics perspective, the structure provides the right data type (i.e., nominal, ordinal or numeric).
—Prashanth Southekal, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
For water used for industrial purposes, the changes remove specific numeric standards for pH, chloride and hardness and replace them with a narrative description.
—Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
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Erik Sherman, Forbes, 23 June 2021
The state’s overall community college and university headcount dropped by about 123,000 students — the largest numeric decrease of any state.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
From the insight derivation or analytics perspective, the structure provides the right data type (i.e., nominal, ordinal or numeric).
—Prashanth Southekal, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
For water used for industrial purposes, the changes remove specific numeric standards for pH, chloride and hardness and replace them with a narrative description.
—Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for numeric
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Number in Title Any film with a title that includes a number (whether as digits — including Roman numerals — or written out).Joe Reid, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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The orange hand was brought back with the six digit reference modern Explorer IIs, but the funky dial design remains unique to the ref.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
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The fire, which burned an as-yet-undetermined number of homes and buildings while threatening Grand Lake, increased an extraordinary 150,000 acres in size Wednesday night and Thursday to become the second-largest wildfire in Colorado’s recorded history.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The number of streets named Chestnut and Elm testify to the fame and beauty of these native American trees.Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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An even integer plus an even integer always results in another even integer.Leila Sloman, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2024
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For any integer, the number of partitions satisfying each condition will always be equal.Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Numeric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numeric. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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