as in arithmetic
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
I did the math, and we can't afford to keep spending like this
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Recent Examples of math
Beyond the fiscal math, the SALT Caucus has framed the debate as a fairness issue.
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Garrett Watson, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Scan documents, solve math equations, measure object dimensions, or even read QR codes—all with one app.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
All of that parliamentary time, all of that effort, just to deter the schoolgirls of England from falling in love with each other in double maths.
—Claire Lynch
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
Newton’s era, the late 17th century, was a time of rapid progress in science and math.
—Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Garrett Watson, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Scan documents, solve math equations, measure object dimensions, or even read QR codes—all with one app.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
All of that parliamentary time, all of that effort, just to deter the schoolgirls of England from falling in love with each other in double maths.
—Claire Lynch
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
Newton’s era, the late 17th century, was a time of rapid progress in science and math.
—Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for math
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The time has come for House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, to face up to the brutal arithmetic that explains how Tallahassee works.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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And of course there’s some other stuff that can do arithmetic better than us.—
Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
15 May 2025
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This likely played into Israel’s calculations, too.—
Javed Ali,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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Gone are the days of just blueprints, prototypes and calculations, as engineering now revolves around efficiency, speed and precision in a world where technology is rapidly changing.—
Srinivasa Rao Bittla,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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“Math.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/math. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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