as in digit
a character used to represent a mathematical value a birthday candle in the shape of the numeral 4

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Recent Examples of numeral The hour numerals, meanwhile, are set on a wider ring, marked by blue titanium hands. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2025 The message was turned into binary or Morse code, and then further translated into English letters and Arabic numerals. Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2025 But hey, look, the numerals on the clock face now have a translucent frost! Adrienne So, Wired News, 10 June 2025 For example, during the early childhood years, preschool and kindergarten children learn to identify numerals and match them to their quantity through hands-on math activities. Jose Bolanos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for numeral
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Noun
  • Alvarado, 26, holds a 3.15 ERA in 20 innings for the A’s this season and like Nunez can also hit triple digits with his fastball and throws an above average slider.
    Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • The big fish the Phils reeled in is the flame-throwing Duran, whose fastball routinely reaches triple digits.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For a password reset, consumers must provide the email address used to sign up, the key tag numbers assigned at sign-up and the first five digits of the credit card or bank account used to open the account.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Left behind was a leaderboard filled with red numbers in a tournament that has a $40 million purse in official money for the top 30 players, all of them with an equal chance.
    Doug Ferguson, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Numeral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numeral. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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