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Recent Examples of whole number
To comply with that restriction, the size of the General Assembly would be determined by a formula that divides the state’s federal census population by 215,000 and would reduce the result to the nearest odd whole number.
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
There are a whole number that Jamieson Greer has negotiated with foreign governments.
—CBS News, 6 July 2025
But since the size of a set is always a whole number, an increase of 1/3 is often inconsequential.
—Leila Sloman, Wired News, 29 June 2025
From this view, prime numbers are the basic building blocks for constructing any positive whole number using multiplication – akin to atoms combining to make molecules in chemistry.
—Jeremiah Bartz, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
There are a whole number that Jamieson Greer has negotiated with foreign governments.
—CBS News, 6 July 2025
But since the size of a set is always a whole number, an increase of 1/3 is often inconsequential.
—Leila Sloman, Wired News, 29 June 2025
From this view, prime numbers are the basic building blocks for constructing any positive whole number using multiplication – akin to atoms combining to make molecules in chemistry.
—Jeremiah Bartz, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whole number
Noun
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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
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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
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Still, Beshear also acknowledged the nine-digit elephant in the room.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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Edwards, who is 24 years and 156 days old, hit the five-digit mark with a 13-foot fadeaway jumper midway through the fourth quarter.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Whole number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whole%20number. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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