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Recent Examples of whole numbers
For instance, mathematicians know that most numbers are irrational, meaning that they can’t be written as a fraction of two whole numbers.
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
Cantor has already challenged what seems like common sense with infinite sets of whole numbers.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
Cantor has already challenged what seems like common sense with infinite sets of whole numbers.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whole numbers
digits
Noun
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In simulations run on conventional computers published 20 January in Physical Review Letters, Whitelam found that this training process can lead to a thermodynamic computer whose settings can generate images of handwritten digits.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Jan. 2026
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Lows in the lower single digit to possible digits.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Whole numbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whole%20numbers. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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