a character used to represent a mathematical value
in addition to the standard alphabetical letters and numerics, the keyboard features rows of special characters
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Recent Examples of numericLabeling his furniture designs with dry numeric codes wasn’t for Jean Royère.—
Sarah Medford,
WSJ,
11 Feb. 2022 The airport’s alpha-numeric category designates the maximum landing speed and wingspan of aircraft for which the facility is designed.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Dec. 2021 Reporting on inflation isn’t all that useful when the percentages tossed about like numeric salad with a light panic vinaigrette are unaccompanied by more context and comparison.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes,
23 June 2021 The state’s overall community college and university headcount dropped by about 123,000 students — the largest numeric decrease of any state.—
Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for numeric
Backlog stands at $496 billion, growing triple digits, and AWS's AI business and custom chips business each crossed a $25 billion annual run rate.
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Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
21 Sep. 2026
Prepare for possibly slippery and muddy mosh pits at Shaky Knees or an evening inside because some stormy weather is expected Saturday in Atlanta, even while feels-like temperatures will climb to triple digits.
The number of North American bumblebees have fallen nearly 50% since 1974.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
20 Sep. 2026
Take Lili Reinhart in New York, who donned a green and pink Elie Saab number from the house’s spring 2004 collection, wearing it to the Love Hypothesis premiere.