with numbers

idiom

used with adjectives such as bad, good, etc., to indicate someone's ability at using numbers (such as for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing)
Ask her to do the books, since she's good with numbers.
I've always been lousy with numbers.

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Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 69. Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2025 Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 70. Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 30 July 2025 That drop did not last for long, with numbers climbing during the tail-end of Trump's first term through the Biden administration and peaking in December 2023, at 249,740 apprehensions. Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025 For all of the consternation, negative narratives and dizzying gossip that have surrounded Juan Soto since the start of the season, the Mets superstar right fielder will end the first half of the 2025 campaign with numbers similar to what he’s posted in the first half of previous seasons. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for with numbers

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“With numbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with%20numbers. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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