How to Use numeric in a Sentence

numeric

1 of 2 adjective
  • And the cold, hard numeric fact is that institution can’t do it on its own.
    Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 July 2021
  • Every response has a numeric value tied to it on the back-end that renters don’t see.
    Caitlin McCabe, Philly.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Our count is a numeric count of projects that is based on the year of release and not the year of production.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Each night after that, the broadcast ended with a numeric sign-off.
    Marc Wortman, Smithsonian, 28 Feb. 2017
  • Police were clearly told what their numeric goals are and what the fallout is for not meeting them.
    Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Once the response is ready to be displayed, the numeric tokens are turned back into words.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Ryan said the club does not have a specific numeric goal in terms of TV outreach.
    Jayna Bardahl, The Enquirer, 20 May 2021
  • In historic terms, the small, numeric difference is less an advance than a catching up.
    Stephen Castle, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Now the packages were stamped with a numeric code that linked to a post office in New Jersey.
    Adam Dalva, The New Yorker, 15 July 2021
  • The laptop is wide enough to accommodate a numeric keypad to the right of the keyboard.
    Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • They will be provided as a numeric value that takes away the guesswork of color matching like with urine test strips.
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This numeric formula is slated to change under the mayor’s plan.
    Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The first set of four-ball numeric combinations that popped out belonged to Boston.
    Bob Ford, Philly.com, 18 May 2017
  • Though county inspectors don’t give numeric scores to food carts (yet), their inspection process is largely the same.
    oregonlive.com, 11 July 2019
  • The numeric scores, which correlate to letter grades, will be publicly available for all districts.
    Dallas News, 16 June 2022
  • Lenovo's keyboard deck has large speaker grilles on either side of the keys instead of making room for a numeric keypad.
    Eric Grevstad, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Kalshi currently has multiple markets, which predict a numeric range for how high mortgage rates will be this year.
    Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • While Charlotte topped the charts in numeric growth last year, the overall number was still less than the prior year estimates.
    John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
  • The numeric scale is similar to the one used by Globe at Night participants.
    WIRED, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Texas had the largest numeric increase in both the white and non-white Hispanic populations.
    Bloomberg.com, 22 June 2017
  • Six of the top 10 counties leading in annual numeric growth were found in the Lone Star state.
    The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The nationwide strike was dubbed Five-Twos, for the five number twos in the numeric form of Monday’s date.
    Fox News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • To the 34-year-old left-hander, however, the value of the record is nostalgic, not numeric.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022
  • When sponsors deliver their gifts to the police department, Loocke and her helpers put them in numeric order.
    Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The lottery teams are given a set of different numeric combinations before the event starts.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • There is a handy size chart in the product photos and a breakdown of numeric size ranges that correspond to the letter sizes in the product description.
    Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Gap Inc is one of the first major retailers to give any numeric estimate of the outbreak's impact on business.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2020
  • In my opinion, just get the Tactile Pro or Mini, depending on your desk size and need for a numeric keypad.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 19 Mar. 2022
  • This is a full keyboard that features additional buttons for multimedia controls, macro keys and a full numeric pad.
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Rolled out, the Sungwoo is larger than the standard keyboard on a 13-inch laptop and comes complete with a numeric keypad.
    Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2019

numeric

2 of 2 noun
  • The names of the Cadillac electric vehicles will be words not alpha-numeric, Reuss said.
    cleveland, 15 Feb. 2020
  • The names of the Cadillac electric vehicles will be words not alpha-numeric, Reuss said.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2020
  • There’s a proper numeric keypad for spreadsheet users and an extended cursor cluster.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • This is a numeric, unique identifier attached to every Facebook account.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The sheets filled with numeric and Greek scratchings had quickly overwhelmed his modest desk and were now forming a patchwork wallpaper that spread from that corner and began to wrap around the 8x12 room.
    Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 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
  • In fact, while each shade has both a numeric and a descriptive name — for example, 18 Deep Sable — nearly half the shades have decimals, indicating subtle variations in undertones.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 11 July 2018

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