as in increase
the act or process of becoming greater in number
there's been a steady multiplication in our attic of obsolete video equipment as new technologies come on the market
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Recent Examples of multiplication
With clock addition and clock multiplication, the clock numbers meet the criteria for what mathematicians call a ring.
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Courtney Gibbons, The Conversation, 15 May 2025
The internal workings of generative systems are based on matrix multiplication operations.
—Scharon Harding – May 14, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
One of the lessons from the Austin PSP program is the multiplication effect that supporting the success of parenting students can have.
—Edward Conroy, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The math that allows a neural network to identify patterns in text is really just multiplication — lots and lots and lots of multiplication.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Courtney Gibbons, The Conversation, 15 May 2025
The internal workings of generative systems are based on matrix multiplication operations.
—Scharon Harding – May 14, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
One of the lessons from the Austin PSP program is the multiplication effect that supporting the success of parenting students can have.
—Edward Conroy, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The math that allows a neural network to identify patterns in text is really just multiplication — lots and lots and lots of multiplication.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multiplication
Noun
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One reported a 60% increase in sales within four months, while another saved 30-hours per week on decision-making processes, according to Medone.—
Sonia Osorio,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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The new pictures represent a significant increase in detail that is primarily owed to Biomass’s main instrument: the P-band synthetic aperture radar.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
1 July 2025
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The annual Ten Thousand Commandments report has, since 1993, tracked the inexorable accumulation of federal regulation.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The United States would be, to put it mildly, naïve to believe that the accumulation of intelligence and modern warfare knowledge by North Korea, China and Iran presents no threat to the United States.—
Laura Thornton,
Twin Cities,
27 June 2025
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In addition, Hynes is due to perform as part of Pitchfork Music Festival Paris on Monday, November 3.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
8 July 2025
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In addition, at age 28, Duran is older than any of the Boston outfielders except for the 34-year-old Refsnyder.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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“Multiplication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multiplication. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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