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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 integers
In 1952, Ankeny and Chowla conjectured that just as the maximum gets higher and higher as the number of integers in the original set gets bigger, the minimum should get lower and lower.
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Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
Six-seven is just a lasso looped by fate around two adjacent integers on the number line.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
Six-seven is just a lasso looped by fate around two adjacent integers on the number line.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for integers
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Models require extensive training to enable them to identify everyday objects to interact with, which means that simple tasks like picking up fruit can be challenging in robotics.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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Studies also suggest that the males of this rare freshwater species show off to potential partners by carrying objects like sticks and clumps of grass in their mouth.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Illini kept pouring it on until the final minute, when Illinois’ big man Tomislav Ivisic threw down an alley-oop to push Illinois into triple digits.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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By the time Fat Tuesday arrives, the numbers swell into five digits.—
Vivian Richey,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Governments created these entities to facilitate commerce.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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For any projects that FEMA rejects for reimbursement, local entities would have two years to repay the loan.—
ALEX ROZIER Mississippi Today,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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In the past few months, however, things have changed.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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There’s something about studying real-life situations that have happened and then creating and imagining into this fictional kind of characterization of things.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Many appear to be covered in white, yellow, red or brown substances.—
Ryan Hansen,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Aldermen also became embroiled in a heated but symbolic debate about hemp after Johnson vetoed an ordinance approved by the council last month that would have broadly banned many intoxicating hemp substances.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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His incorrect assertion that NATO allies had not served on Afghanistan's front lines, later walked back, reinforced a broader perception that times and realities had shifted.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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Nestled in the marshlands of Habersham, a waterfront community in Beaufort, South Carolina, this island cottage was designed with life’s realities in mind.—
Mina Loudermilk,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Integers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integers. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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