How to Use numerical in a Sentence

numerical

adjective

• The files are in numerical order.
• The files are organized according to a numerical system.
• The word Chai is the word for life and has a numerical value of 18.
  — Diane Owens Prettyman, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Nov. 2024
• The team used a nine-point scale for grading college prospects, and the verbiage had to match the numerical grade.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2022
• Colts and the combine: NFL teams have a chart that places a numerical value on each pick in the draft.
  — Nat Newell, Indianapolis Star, 24 Feb. 2020
• The bear plan also does not set numerical limits on the species.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
• UConn had 24 assists on 35 field goals, a nice numerical place to be.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 13 Nov. 2021
• AQIs are ranked on a numerical scale from zero to 500, from green to maroon, and good to hazardous.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 June 2022
• Does that mean it’s a beeper with text display or has Maya had to learn a whole numerical code?
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
• Tuesday’s first event, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., will feature lots of numerical fun, a pi parade and wrap up with the eating of pie.
  — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
• And third, the NFL has set numerical guardrails: fund sizes must be at least $2b, and franchise investments will need to be held for six years.
  — Jesse Silvertown, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
• This is by far the state's biggest numerical loss and also the largest percentage loss.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
• The way to find out how these things move is with a numerical calculation.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 8 Oct. 2020
• For each of the questions below, provide a numerical range with the bottom end below your best guess and the high end above your best guess.
  — David Yanofsky, Quartz at Work, 6 Sep. 2020
• He is still ranked No. 8 in the world, and beyond numerical measurement, his value to the world of sports and the world in general is very high.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2021
• The guests continue in numerical order, with those at the end of the lineup having more and more options to choose from.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
• And what about things like shapes or points or geometric things, not just numerical things?
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
• The goal—and a dream numerical advantage—is at his mercy.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The film, which premiered in February in Berlin, was the numerical winner.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 May 2023
• The reasons for the numerical discrepancy, like so many things in life, come down to fuzzy math and random rules.
  — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 13 July 2021
• There has been a lot of numerical wrangling of late about how rarely teams that open seasons poorly advance to the playoffs.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• But pace and safety are only in single digits, and race craft has yet to get a numerical score.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 June 2020
• From there, it’s sorted by precinct and placed in numerical order to be counted.
  — Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
• Instead, each player has a tiny whiteboard to write their best guess, and since all answers are numerical, the closest guess wins the point.
  — Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2020
• Then assign a numerical value to each feature in the list.
  — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
• Zeekr has shown the first images of its third model, a small crossover called the X, breaking with the Chinese brand's numerical naming scheme.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023
• But while those counties had the largest numerical risk, the areas with the highest risk per household were in southwestern Utah.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022
• But the most secure method is to use an app that generates a numerical code on your phone that’s in sync with an algorithm running on the site.
  — ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2022
• Midfielders were scampering all over the field in vain to try to create numerical advantages.
  — Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
• Well, that’s not entirely true, as many of the designs were pretty wild for their time, including that now-famous Breguet numerical font and those eponymous hands, both of which are featured on the Classique reference 5177.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025