How to Use numerical in a Sentence

numerical

adjective

• The files are in numerical order.
• The files are organized according to a numerical system.
• The team used a nine-point scale for grading college prospects, and the verbiage had to match the numerical grade.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2022
• The bear plan also does not set numerical limits on the species.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
• AQIs are ranked on a numerical scale from zero to 500, from green to maroon, and good to hazardous.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 June 2022
• Tuesday’s first event, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., will feature lots of numerical fun, a pi parade and wrap up with the eating of pie.
  — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
• This is by far the state's biggest numerical loss and also the largest percentage loss.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
• And what about things like shapes or points or geometric things, not just numerical things?
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
• The goal—and a dream numerical advantage—is at his mercy.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The film, which premiered in February in Berlin, was the numerical winner.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 May 2023
• There has been a lot of numerical wrangling of late about how rarely teams that open seasons poorly advance to the playoffs.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Zeekr has shown the first images of its third model, a small crossover called the X, breaking with the Chinese brand's numerical naming scheme.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023
• But while those counties had the largest numerical risk, the areas with the highest risk per household were in southwestern Utah.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022
• But the most secure method is to use an app that generates a numerical code on your phone that’s in sync with an algorithm running on the site.
  — ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2022
• While listing a Michigan house on Zillow last week, Chris Hubel pressed only one numerical key for the home’s price: $1.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• The chum salmon problems are more recent, though the idea of a numerical cap for chum salmon has been considered for several years.
  — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
• The numerical score for achievement, though, doesn’t tell us how many students reached proficiency on the test.
  — Trisha Powell Crain | [e-mail], al, 18 Nov. 2022
• Over the next few weeks, the Lede will continue to share the resurfacing projects scheduled for each district in numerical order.
  — Heather Gann | [e-mail], al, 6 June 2023
• Since the 1980s, researchers have relied on numerical models to describe and predict how ice sheets evolve.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2023
• There are many reasons for this kind of container loss, but the most straightforward one is numerical.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
• To the untrained eye, this looks like a simple numerical manicure.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 19 Oct. 2022
• While the Aichi targets tended to be a little vague, these post-2020 targets add some numerical pizzazz.
  — Matt Reynolds, Wired, 17 Dec. 2021
• Internal doors swung open with numerical codes that were shared widely and went unchanged for months.
  — Jodi Kantor, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
• The letter grades and the numerical scores on which the letter grades are based are intended to be a gauge of school success in regard to student achievement and academic growth.
  — Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2023
• At a fence bristling with razor-wire, the men and women pull key cards from their belt-loop lanyards, flash them on a contact sensor, punch in their numerical codes and push through high-gate turnstiles.
  — Time, 3 Dec. 2022
• How that’s different from now: If passed, this would be the first time a numerical threshold is put in place to invoke emergency measures at the border, Chishti says.
  — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• The horrors of the trans-Atlantic slave trade are often expressed in numerical terms whose enormity can be difficult to grasp.
  — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
• The tilt of the numerical right-most block may not accurately reflect the degree to which we, collectively, are upgraded to Wi-Fi 7 at this stage.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2024
• This collection is closing an era for Herron as this will be the last collection with a numerical title.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
• Here, Super Bowls are always referred to in numerical digits, so Super Bowl 58 is used.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024