Thesaurus results for WHOLE NUMBER

whole number

noun

Definition of whole number

as in number

a character used to represent a mathematical value since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers, the total will not be exactly equal to 100%

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Recent Examples of whole number The trick is to choose some number c² so that there are a whole bunch of pairs of whole numbers a and b such that a² + b² = c². — ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026 Earnings are rounded to the nearest whole number. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026 The question Price solved—or prompted ChatGPT to solve—concerns special sets of whole numbers, where no number in the set can be evenly divided by any other. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026 With the whole number of the House now at 430, 216 votes are needed for a simple majority. — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for whole number

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The number of North American bumblebees have fallen nearly 50% since 1974.

— 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.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026

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And things just got more complicated with the 10-year Treasury yield hitting a level not seen since 2007, oil prices holding above the triple-digit levels, and an AI sell-off wiping trillions of dollars from some of Wall Street's AI darlings.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Select Sign Up and create a new account by entering personal details (name, email, date of birth, address, last 4 digits of SSN).

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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