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Recent Examples of whole number
Cantor has already challenged what seems like common sense with infinite sets of whole numbers.
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Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment requires 'counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed' for purposes of reapportioning the House.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
There are a whole number that Jamieson Greer has negotiated with foreign governments.
—CBS News, 6 July 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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Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment requires 'counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed' for purposes of reapportioning the House.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
There are a whole number that Jamieson Greer has negotiated with foreign governments.
—CBS News, 6 July 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
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In late 2023, an 11-year-old boy was killed in Springfield after a van driven by a Haitian immigrant collided with his school bus, igniting long-simmering tensions within the city over the Haitians’ growing numbers.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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That number doubled the following year and six sprints have been held in each campaign since 2023.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Illini kept pouring it on until the final minute, when Illinois’ big man Tomislav Ivisic threw down an alley-oop to push Illinois into triple digits.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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By the time Fat Tuesday arrives, the numbers swell into five digits.—
Vivian Richey,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Whole number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whole%20number. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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