as in arithmetic
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
I did the math, and we can't afford to keep spending like this
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Recent Examples of math
The math is both simple and opaque.
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Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
By posing real-life examples of conundrums faced by traders, Fibonacci brought maths to life.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
That’s when math gets harder and more conceptual.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Nov. 2025
Knapp defended her seat Tuesday night from former Kansas Board of Education member Steve Roberts, who is a former math teacher, and from Tiffany McCalla, who is president of the Blue Valley Parent-Teacher Organization.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
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Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
By posing real-life examples of conundrums faced by traders, Fibonacci brought maths to life.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
That’s when math gets harder and more conceptual.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Nov. 2025
Knapp defended her seat Tuesday night from former Kansas Board of Education member Steve Roberts, who is a former math teacher, and from Tiffany McCalla, who is president of the Blue Valley Parent-Teacher Organization.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for math
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Excess Burghers became a fixture of imperial life, the answer to a chronic social problem, the unfortunate result of simple arithmetic.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Simple arithmetic such as 355/113 could be calculated in place by selecting the text and pressing USE FRONT-CALC (Control-G), which yields the answer with a dotted underline to indicate the result of a computation.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Those same calculations on the remaining vested options, however, would almost certainly produce a number significantly lower than 25% of that original $500 million.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Political calculations have shaped the conduct of Imran Khan’s trial.—
Rafia Zakaria,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Math.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/math. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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