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numeric

noun

Definition of 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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Trucks can face triple-digit temperatures, dust storms, sudden flooding and high crosswinds.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
It’s been a warm summer in the Metroplex, with the region recording its first triple digit day on July 7.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Aug. 2026

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While daytime staffing at its Sharp Mesa Vista behavioral health hospital already meets requirements, overnight shifts have been managed based on the number of patients in beds and on the severity of their illnesses.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Quansah went with Jurgen Klopp’s squad to a training camp in Germany and then joined the travelling party to Singapore, mainly to make up the numbers in training and for the two friendlies played on the trip.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

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Nvidia’s internal testing claims a slight performance edge over AMD’s current server chips in integer workloads.

— Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Python, for example, is a popular programming language that is famously smooth at handling integers of any size.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026

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