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
In 1975, Benoit Mandelbrot published a math paper and created a new type of art: the fractal.
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Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2025
This, in the end, was nothing more than a math equation – and salary dump.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
That moment taught me that money choices reflect identity and values, not just math.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Her rivals believe that the Democratic base wants a different answer, and that the statewide math gets tougher if the party’s nominee does not break from a resolute pro-Israel stance.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2025
This, in the end, was nothing more than a math equation – and salary dump.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
That moment taught me that money choices reflect identity and values, not just math.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Her rivals believe that the Democratic base wants a different answer, and that the statewide math gets tougher if the party’s nominee does not break from a resolute pro-Israel stance.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for math
Noun
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Pruning involves eliminating redundant parameters that don’t significantly impact accuracy, and quantization converts the models to use lower-precision arithmetic to save on computation and memory usage.—
Dwith Chenna,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 July 2025
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In large numbers, transistors can represent nearly every number, refer to parts of the system’s memory, and do arithmetic.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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That calculation, however, rested on a faulty premise.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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For a while, Israeli and Palestinian leaders invested in diplomacy, gambled on its effectiveness, and trusted in its primacy over force, out of political calculation, tactical considerations, or both.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Math.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/math. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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