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Recent Examples of math Earlier in his career, Klein was known, despite lousy grades in math, as a coolly analytical voice on health-care policy and other technocratic arguments. David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025 But navigating the bureaucracy, paperwork and insurance grew to be too difficult, and the math just wouldn’t pencil out. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025 At issue is whether budget-year changes—passed quietly in 2025 and applauded by some ultra-Orthodox leaders—let yeshivas meet state requirements without reliably teaching core subjects such as English, math and civics. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025 Escrow companies use a math formula to calculate the escrow fee. Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for math
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Noun
  • 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
  • The arithmetic of the French National Assembly – the key hurdle to getting any budget passed – hasn’t changed with a new prime minister.
    Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Quantum computers are extremely sensitive to errors, and bit-flips are one of the two main types that can disrupt calculations.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Bi described working with Jackson Yee, one of China’s biggest young stars, in terms that emphasized instinct over calculation.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025

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