numeric

as in digit
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 numeric Labeling 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
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Noun
  • On a regional basis, Europe, Middle East & Africa, or EMEA, (-17 percent) and North America (-13 percent) saw double-digit declines in the average number of N-1 executives between 2022 and 2025.
    Sarah Abbott, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • However, Mamdani is still a clear frontrunner heading into Election Day, and maintained a two-digit lead in other polls taken just days earlier.
    Connor Greene, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The moderates had expected a larger number of Democrats to vote with them as around 10-12 Democratic senators had been part of the negotiations.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2025
  • But Jackie’s defining value is framed as determination, and The Queen of Versailles is too busy handing her upbeat girlboss numbers to reckon in any meaningful way with the consequences.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But the methods were no longer effective when mathematicians only wanted to find, say, the number of real solutions to the equations in an enumerative geometry problem, or the number of integer solutions.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Algorithms are old—around 300 B.C., Euclid invented one for finding the greatest common divisor of two integers.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Numeric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numeric. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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