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Arabic numerals originated in India, Chinese checkers are German, white chocolate isn’t chocolate at all.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
That’s because the date’s numerals combine to form a rare numerical trick that even the most ardent math hater will appreciate.
—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2025
New York — Swatch, the Swiss watchmaker, is trolling the 39% tariffs that the United States placed on its home country by selling a watch that flips the location of the 3 and 9 numerals.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Both Jay and Bey got matching tattoos of the Roman numeral for four — IV — on their ring fingers years ago.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
That’s because the date’s numerals combine to form a rare numerical trick that even the most ardent math hater will appreciate.
—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2025
New York — Swatch, the Swiss watchmaker, is trolling the 39% tariffs that the United States placed on its home country by selling a watch that flips the location of the 3 and 9 numerals.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Both Jay and Bey got matching tattoos of the Roman numeral for four — IV — on their ring fingers years ago.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for numeral
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In turn, a strong economic growth and accelerating renewable energy adoption could sustain industrial demand for silver even at triple-digit prices.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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As for the quadruple-digit output, a pair of electric motors direct 500 hp to the front alone.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Oh-My-God particle first interacted with an atomic nucleus in the upper atmosphere, producing a series of daughter particles that each maintain a fraction of the original particle’s momentum, which then collide with greater and greater numbers of particles, and so on.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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Nipah outbreaks happen nearly every year in parts of Asia, often in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, with Bangladesh recording the highest number of infections.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Numeral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numeral. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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