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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
However, using Shor’s algorithm for factoring integers, quantum computers can in principle rapidly crack even highly secure RSA-2048 encryption.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2023
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
However, using Shor’s algorithm for factoring integers, quantum computers can in principle rapidly crack even highly secure RSA-2048 encryption.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for integers
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Keep a distance from tall, isolated trees or other elevated objects.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2026
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According to Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation, the gravitational force between two objects is the gravitational constant, G, multiplied by the product of the two masses divided by the square of the distance between them.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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The case involves a 2019 class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by shopper Brian Keim, who alleged that receipts from Trader Joe's stores displayed the first six and last four digits of his credit card, increasing the risk of identity theft.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The receipts did not include the cards' middle digits, expiration dates, customer names or addresses, or other personally identifiable information.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
20 Apr. 2026
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Conferences are private entities and, as such, employment matters are governed by the federal National Labor Relations Act, making that idea at least theoretically possible.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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For the first phase, only entities who have made certain tariff payments will be able to make refund submissions.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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Confirm timing, assign ownership, and keep things clear.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2026
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But things got wild when the robot started break dancing and bashing itself into a million robotic pieces.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Department of Justice is easing federal restrictions on medical marijuana products licensed by states, reclassifying them as less dangerous substances in another big step toward reorienting federal policy around a drug that has been strictly controlled at the federal level for decades.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Hydrophobic soil is particularly problematic after a wildfire when soil particles become coated with waxy substances as organic matter decomposes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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Roseman could draft for the next few years and might not find a tight end with that athletic profile or an offensive tackle with that size, and those are realities that the general manager values when making the evaluation.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The real bureaucratic realities of running a government are different than those of campaigning, and everyone is entitled to some grace on that.—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Integers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integers. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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