a character used to represent a mathematical value
in addition to the standard alphabetical letters and numerics, the keyboard features rows of special characters
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Recent Examples of numericLabeling his furniture designs with dry numeric codes wasn’t for Jean Royère.—Sarah Medford, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022 The airport’s alpha-numeric category designates the maximum landing speed and wingspan of aircraft for which the facility is designed.—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2021 Reporting on inflation isn’t all that useful when the percentages tossed about like numeric salad with a light panic vinaigrette are unaccompanied by more context and comparison.—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 23 June 2021 The state’s overall community college and university headcount dropped by about 123,000 students — the largest numeric decrease of any state.—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for numeric
In the small sample that Sportico observed, Kalshi rounded down when the lower number was the closest full digit.
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Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2026
Both the Gel-1130 and Gel-NYC footwear models produced triple-digit growth, followed closely by high double-digit growth of the Gel- Kayano footwear franchise compared to the same period in 2025.
The number of teams and bowls involved could shift as discussions become more serious.
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Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
The promises made and attacks scattered like buckshot on the San Francisco soundstage all seem much less important than the numbers that show up in opinion polls between now and Election Day.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
Not just because infinity is so useful and so natural to our descriptions of the universe, but because treating sets of numbers (like the integers) as actual, infinite objects is at the very core of mathematics, embedded in its most fundamental rules and assumptions.
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Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
The final number, q, is obtained by dividing k by 4 and keeping only the integer part; that is, q = 5 for 2026.