coefficient

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Recent Examples of coefficient The rating also includes the solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and visible transmittance (VT), both numbers between 0 and 1. — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2026 First, the industry wants operational risk-capital slashed by capping the Business Indicator coefficient at a flat 12 percent, rather than the tiered 12/15/18 percent structure regulators proposed. — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Paris Saint-Germain are up two places to third after securing their second successive Champions League victory, with a final victory over Arsenal — Mikel Arteta’s side, who recorded the highest cumulative coefficient points for 2025-26, are up five places to seventh. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 3 June 2026 The final participants are divided into four pots of nine each based on the coefficient ranking system. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coefficient
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Noun
  • Employees will lessen amount in cold hold and mark it for four-hour disposal.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Brewers have an exceptional amount of talent too, and Murphy's routine of pretending like his team is a bunch of humble farmers who were playing stickball out back a few days ago is absurd and offensive.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • While increases occurred across nearly all demographic groups, some of the largest were seen among younger and unmarried parents, those in lower-income households and those without a four-year college degree.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • After earning a journalism degree from Marquette University in 1958, Andries married and managed her home.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Earlier this month, the Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products, beginning with substantial quantities of diesel after the fuel’s price hit a record high in the United States.
    — Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Coefficient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coefficient. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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