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Recent Examples of numeric
Labeling his furniture designs with dry numeric codes wasn’t for Jean Royère.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for numeric
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Sacramento County Department of Homeless Services and Housing opened its hot weather respite at North A Shelter through Saturday, officials announced, as daytime temperatures were forecast to reach triple digits beginning Thursday.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Bread, cigarettes, cars, and furniture have seen a similar triple-digit rise.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Ties will be broken by the number of goals scored, the amount of cards a team has accumulated, and if all else fails, a team's position in the FIFA world rankings.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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Rocklin voters will decide this November whether to join a growing number of Placer County communities that have approved local sales taxes to fund city services.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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When Ars first reported on AcuRite in May, AcuRite NOW lacked some features of My AcuRite, including the ability to rename multiple temperature sensors, report temperatures in non-integers, as well as an online dashboard option.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
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The number 3, for example, is simultaneously an integer, a natural number, and a real number.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
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“Numeric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numeric. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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