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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
Noun
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The Wolverines routinely flirted with triple digits and ranked near the top of college basketball in 2-point shooting percentage during their 14-4 start.—
Austin Meek,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Her floral tattoos typically end where the fingers begin to prevent the image from needing to be broken up across five digits.—
Leah Prinzivalli,
Allure,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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As constructed, that would make 12 full-time assistant coaches, which is a high number.—
Kennington Smith III,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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That was about three times the number from five years before.—
Michael Gordon,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Typescript requires programmers to declare the type of each variable (floating point, integer, Boolean or other) before it’s used, increasing reliability.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Dec. 2024
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If there are more than three competitors in the same category in the same event, the point scoring is assigned as follows: divide the number of competitors by two, then round up to the next integer.—
Danny Ventura,
Boston Herald,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Numeric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numeric. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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