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arithmetic

[uh-rith-muh-tik, ar-ith-met-ik] / əˈrɪθ mə tɪk, ˌær ɪθˈmɛt ɪk /


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For the businesses that supply props, artwork and other services, the arithmetic is simpler: Any shoot is better than none.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

You can do the arithmetic: about 20 curves per mile, speed limit 15 mph.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Makers of personal computers face the same arithmetic, though not all are equally exposed.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

The question is whether patriotic austerity can substitute for the harsher arithmetic of markets.

From BBC May 14, 2026

Several times I stopped and tried to do a little arithmetic in the dust of the country road.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The arithmetics of distance and time were not cheering either.

From Time Magazine Archive

To meet the varying needs of teachers these arithmetics are now issued in two editions—a two-book series and a three-book series.

From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

I am afraid a professional accountant would heap scorn upon it, as my methods are not those taught in the arithmetics; but that consideration does not concern me.

From Windyridge by W. Riley

So they came forward in their order: Julia, And Isabel, and Caroline; until I was dragged forth from maps and lexicons, Slate-pencils and arithmetics, and put Candidate Number Four, upon the list.

From The Woman Who Dared by Epes Sargent

But these are innocent adaptations; one must look to the arithmetics for sectional feeling.

From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Horace E. Scudder




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