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 new category requires no job offer, with the only requirements being an as-yet-unspecified age cap and having at least a bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering or math from a top Chinese or foreign university, or relevant teaching or research experience there.
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Peter Guo, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
The geometric shapes help spark creativity and teach kids a little math during playtime.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Scores on eighth grade reading and math in national evaluations are abysmal.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
To break the encryption would mean finding a fast solution to these supposedly infeasible problems, an act that would overturn a foundational assumption of modern math.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
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Peter Guo, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
The geometric shapes help spark creativity and teach kids a little math during playtime.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Scores on eighth grade reading and math in national evaluations are abysmal.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
To break the encryption would mean finding a fast solution to these supposedly infeasible problems, an act that would overturn a foundational assumption of modern math.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 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 9 Nov. 2025.
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