numerals

plural of numeral
as in numbers
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 numerals His query was earnestly tackled by the engineers at the RAND Corporation, who, in 1955, published a book composed only of a series of unrelated numerals piled up in neat rows. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026 This chronograph has its retailer signature from Verga in Milan intact and its champagne dial rcomes with distinctive Arabic numerals and tachymeter scale. — Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026 The league, titled after the Roman numerals for 54 and offering a $54 million bonus if anyone ever shot 54, has nothing left tied to the number. — Brody Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Their kindergarten lesson plan will likely include counting, number recognition, writing numerals, simple math facts, and identifying shapes. — Nicole Harris, Parents, 4 Sep. 2026 The bicentennial was the moment of nostalgic gluttony that topped them all, with its reenactment of battles, its old-fashioned sailing ships, and its outpouring of sappy patriotic products printed with the magic numerals 76. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 By first and second grade, problems become more symbolic, are presented verbally and use numerals. — Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 Since the Comey affair, the numbers have been showing up more in protests against Trump—most recently written in huge numerals on grass on the National Mall earlier in June. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Others use numerals or one, two, and three dots. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for numerals
digits
Noun
  • Engineers could represent the two configurations as binary digits, or zeros and ones.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
  • At the University of Tokyo, researchers have even grown living human skin over robotic digits to wrinkle naturally and mend wounds with collagen.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Numerals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numerals. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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