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
Art is a lot of math, but those constraints spark creativity and ingenuity.
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Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
All of this math, these stats, and the quest for the best value completely obviate the search for real love.
—Myisha Battle, Time, 20 June 2025
But Sugar Taco investors are not likely to get much of their money back, at least not without a lawsuit — and the math for launching legal action doesn’t really add up.
—John McDermott, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Lawyers for Smith countered that the Supreme Court has previously said there’s no precise math equation for determining an intellectual disability.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
All of this math, these stats, and the quest for the best value completely obviate the search for real love.
—Myisha Battle, Time, 20 June 2025
But Sugar Taco investors are not likely to get much of their money back, at least not without a lawsuit — and the math for launching legal action doesn’t really add up.
—John McDermott, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Lawyers for Smith countered that the Supreme Court has previously said there’s no precise math equation for determining an intellectual disability.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for math
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That's the arithmetic that prompted Moody's to cut its rating on U.S. debt, from its top rating of Aaa to Aa1.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
19 May 2025
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So doing the work is the arithmetic, and AI is the algebra, intelligence leverages are the calculus.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Move forward a few decades, and no one bats an eye at someone using Excel to perform calculations.—
John Schneider,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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But Trump appears to have made the calculation — at the prodding of Israeli officials and many Republican lawmakers — that Israel’s operation had softened the ground and presented a perhaps unparalleled opportunity to set back Iran’s nuclear program, perhaps permanently.—
Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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“Math.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/math. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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