How to Use index number in a Sentence

index number

noun
  • The index numbers are based on the close of trading in New York Wednesday.
    — Brendan Coffey, Bloomberg.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Its index number is down, but not enough for anyone else from Washington to New England to beat it.
    — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 17 June 2022
  • These sequences are assigned the same barcode index number, or BIN.
    — Brooke Jarvis, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
  • According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Babcock wrote his own rules, gave English names to the tiles and added index numbers to the tiles.
    — Kelly Wilkinson, Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The overall index number was bad, but even more worrisome is the report's drop in factory orders of exports, said Torsten Slok, chief economist at Deutsche Bank.
    — Anneken Tappe, CNN, 1 Oct. 2019
  • On the other hand, South Carolina’s Comporium almost doubled its index number and dropped to 10th place.
    — PCMAG, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Residents can look up their property through their property index number or address and pay their current tax bill online at www.dupageco.org.
    — Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Mississippi places most poorly in this system, with an index number of 100 based on a high percentage of uninsured drivers and high fatality rate.
    — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Pollutants build as the air doesn’t move and the air-quality index numbers rise.
    — David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The index number itself was down a 20th of a percentage point from July.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Heat index numbers will spike as high as 112 degrees F in some areas.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The problem with that view is that the high index number comes from prices in dollars that had a higher purchasing value than today's.
    — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

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