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Recent Examples of whole number
All projections are rounded to the nearest whole number.
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Austin Mock, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
If the total is showing a decimal like 36.5, go to the nearest whole number.
—Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
In the March 6 episode of Hulu's The Kardashians, the Good American founder celebrated her 40th birthday while wearing a bejeweled denim corset, a pair of darker skin-revealing jeans and a denim cowboy hat to match the whole number.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
To use the tool, taxpayers will need to enter their Social Security number, or ITIN, their filing status and exact dollar amount of their refund rounded to the nearest whole number.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Austin Mock, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
If the total is showing a decimal like 36.5, go to the nearest whole number.
—Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
In the March 6 episode of Hulu's The Kardashians, the Good American founder celebrated her 40th birthday while wearing a bejeweled denim corset, a pair of darker skin-revealing jeans and a denim cowboy hat to match the whole number.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
To use the tool, taxpayers will need to enter their Social Security number, or ITIN, their filing status and exact dollar amount of their refund rounded to the nearest whole number.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whole number
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The census data is used for various purposes including deciding the number of U.S. Representatives each state gets, drawing electoral district boundaries and allocating government resources.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Removing undocumented immigrants from the census’s population count would likely impact the number of House seats apportioned to multiple states—including both Texas and California.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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Alvarado, 26, holds a 3.15 ERA in 20 innings for the A’s this season and like Nunez can also hit triple digits with his fastball and throws an above average slider.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The big fish the Phils reeled in is the flame-throwing Duran, whose fastball routinely reaches triple digits.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Whole number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whole%20number. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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