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arithmetic

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


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While the gilt market took Burnham’s fiscal plans in its stride, investors will want to see the arithmetic in the October 28 autumn budget, Monex Europe analysts said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

But the arithmetic was suddenly visible anyway: one broken appliance repaired, one replacement avoided, however many dollars still in somebody’s pocket.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

The arithmetic above is written for a company that already has the racks, the power and the people, not for a shop the size of mine.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

I was thrilled at being able to recite arithmetic tables, and the letters of the alphabet forward and backward.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

The arithmetics of distance and time were not cheering either.

From Time Magazine Archive

The little children stood outside, with their joggerfies, and arithmetics, and spellers, and slates bound in red flannel under their arms, and swallowed hard as they looked.

From Back Home by Eugene Wood

Smith, of Boston, was in our department the efficient agent, we were amply supplied with various kinds of books and utensils, embracing primers, arithmetics, slates and pencils, besides a liberal allowance of reading matter.

From Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops Personal Narratives of events in the War of the Rebellion, being papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. No. 7, Second Series by Joshua M. (Joshua Melancthon) Addeman

London publishes millions of penny books, penny histories and biographies, penny arithmetics, astronomies and dictionaries, and penny books to teach good behavior, honor, and patriotism.

From The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Charles E. (Charles Edward) Bolton

"In all the arithmetics six beats five, and seven beats six."

From The Market-Place by Harold Frederic




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