as in increases
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 multiplications
The combined interactions of light fields naturally produce mathematical operations including tensor multiplications.
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New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2025
The differences might be small, but recall that the operation is adding up many multiplications, so the noise gets magnified.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2025
The differences might be small, but recall that the operation is adding up many multiplications, so the noise gets magnified.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for multiplications
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The club finished second in attendance last year, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, despite steep increases in ticket prices in recent years.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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While tariff pain was partially contained to specific categories of food, rising fuel and fertilizer prices promise across-the-board increases, Volpe said.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Total snow accumulations 3 to 5 inches above 7,000 feet, with 12 to 18 inches possible at the highest elevations of the Sierra Nevada.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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Snow accumulations of 4 to 10 inches above 6500 feet with 12 to 18 inches along highest mountain peaks.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Neanderthals mostly lived in Europe, while more recent additions to the family, the Denisovans, roamed Asia.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Woodbine and Johnson are the latest additions to the sophomore season of the Paramount+ Premium series.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Multiplications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multiplications. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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