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one that has a real and independent existence
an event that is seen as the point at which the gay rights movement became an integer and not just a smattering of protests
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Recent Examples of integers
When Ars first reported on AcuRite in May, AcuRite NOW lacked some features of My AcuRite, including the ability to rename multiple temperature sensors, report temperatures in non-integers, as well as an online dashboard option.
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Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
That’s because for 99% of human history, information arrived into brains mainly as whole integers – as people, things and events.
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Owen D. Jones,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
Instead of relying on traditional geometry tricks, the AI connected the problem to algebraic number theory, a deep branch of mathematics that studies number systems extending ordinary integers.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
Start with an abstract generalization of the integers called a ring.
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Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
Six-seven is just a lasso looped by fate around two adjacent integers on the number line.
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Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
However, using Shor’s algorithm for factoring integers, quantum computers can in principle rapidly crack even highly secure RSA-2048 encryption.
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IEEE Spectrum,
13 Sep. 2023
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
That’s because for 99% of human history, information arrived into brains mainly as whole integers – as people, things and events.
—
Owen D. Jones,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
Instead of relying on traditional geometry tricks, the AI connected the problem to algebraic number theory, a deep branch of mathematics that studies number systems extending ordinary integers.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
Start with an abstract generalization of the integers called a ring.
—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
Six-seven is just a lasso looped by fate around two adjacent integers on the number line.
—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
However, using Shor’s algorithm for factoring integers, quantum computers can in principle rapidly crack even highly secure RSA-2048 encryption.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
13 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for integers
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North Texas will heat up once again, with highs in the upper 90s and feels-like temperatures in the lower triple digits.
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Lymphatic drainage has gone from a niche clinical treatment to a category spanning $8 dry brushes and $300 vibration plates, with search interest climbing by triple digits since 2021.
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In a bilingual classroom next door to Waits’ class, students made predictions in Spanish on which objects would float or sink — flotar or hundirse — in a bucket of water.
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Betty Kioko, an institutional affairs adviser at ESO, said the United Nations Outer Space Treaty, signed in 1967, states that the responsibility for space launches is with the nation states where those space objects are registered.
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What adds more fuel to this fire is that most financial regulation still operates around the concept of individual legal entities.
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According to the president’s latest financial disclosure, his entities DT Marks Defi and DT Marks SC realized nearly $263 million in net proceeds from the sale.
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Highlight reels are dominated by exceptional athletes doing exceptional things.
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Welcome back to Kick It, the AJC’s newsletter for all things World Cup.
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In response to the Boyle Heights fire, the South Coast air district deployed a mobile monitoring vehicle to screen for toxic substances in the community near the fire, according to Nahal Mogharabi, a spokesperson for the air district.
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Court documents show prosecutors accused Fontes of rape a victim incapable of giving consent because of the effect of alcohol, drugs, or other substances.
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From the thorny starting point of an Apache raid on a Western homestead, Costner weaves a complex, multi-perspective tale that wrestles with the romance and realities of American colonialism and mythmaking.
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As has always been the case, emerging trends in backyard design likewise reflect the realities of life in the Bay Area.
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“Integers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integers. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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