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one that has a real and independent existence
an event that is seen as the point at which the gay rights movement became an integer and not just a smattering of protests
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Recent Examples of integer
Algorithms are old—around 300 B.C., Euclid invented one for finding the greatest common divisor of two integers.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The curriculum tackles a small number of seminal topics in each school year—like ratio and proportion or the concept of integers—and teaches these deeply from multiple angles.
—Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Given that there are infinitely many positive integers of all different sizes, however, this number is minuscule compared with even larger primes.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 16 June 2025
The second sequence is then encoded as the integer 2 (because the last letter, G, is two letters after A in the nucleotide alphabet ACGT), and the third sequence is encoded as a 1 (because its last letter, T, is one letter after G).
—Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The curriculum tackles a small number of seminal topics in each school year—like ratio and proportion or the concept of integers—and teaches these deeply from multiple angles.
—Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Given that there are infinitely many positive integers of all different sizes, however, this number is minuscule compared with even larger primes.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 16 June 2025
The second sequence is then encoded as the integer 2 (because the last letter, G, is two letters after A in the nucleotide alphabet ACGT), and the third sequence is encoded as a 1 (because its last letter, T, is one letter after G).
—Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for integer
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Still, Beshear also acknowledged the nine-digit elephant in the room.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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Edwards, who is 24 years and 156 days old, hit the five-digit mark with a 13-foot fadeaway jumper midway through the fourth quarter.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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By learning from video that captures how humans interact with objects, NEO can generalize its behavior across unfamiliar environments and tasks.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Just don’t place fragile items and objects that could be damaged by extreme heat or cold in your trunk unless your car is staying put and the weather is mild.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
12 Jan. 2026
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The buyer called the number, prompting House officials to investigate and discover that multiple phones ordered under Southerland’s account were unaccounted for, prosecutors said.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement What makes these cuts particularly remarkable is that on May 14, 2025, the Division of Overdose Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had announced, based on provisional data, that the number of overdose deaths in 2024 had dropped 27%.—
Charles LeBaron,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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DeSantis said the School District is an entity that is impervious to reform efforts, and raised the possibility of drastic action by the state.—
Anthony Mann,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Connecticut Siting Council, the entity that has legal jurisdiction over the siting of power facilities and transmission lines, would need to give the final approval.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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Police arrested Andy Alcantara-Beltre, 33, of Dorchester and charged him with unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition, trafficking a Class A substance (over 100 grams), and possession with intent to distribute a Class B substance (crack cocaine).—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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These substances are crucial in producing everything from electric vehicle batteries to cutting-edge military hardware — vital currency in the global tech battle with China and others.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Integer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integer. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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