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arithmetic

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


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You may not be earning a six-figure salary like that other letter writer, but your outlook is far less bleak than the initial arithmetic suggests.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

“It changes the air defense arithmetic pretty substantially,” Panda said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Bessent’s rough 3% math would work, according to forecasters, though exact arithmetic depends on several assumptions and targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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

Anyhow, arithmetic isn’t any way to start the day.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The arithmetics of distance and time were not cheering either.

From Time Magazine Archive

Study arithmetics, book 7, and Mathematics and life, book 1; teacher's guidebook.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

There were also a few arithmetics and algebras, a historical novel or two, and the inevitable copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin, whose pages I had freely moistened with my tears.

From The Story of a Pioneer by Anna Howard Shaw

The frequency of appearance in the first fifty pages of eight beginners' arithmetics was as shown in Table 9.

From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Edward L. (Edward Lee) Thorndike

His name was Daboll, and he claimed to be descended from that ancient Connecticut maker of arithmetics and almanacs, Nathan Daboll.

From Confessions of Boyhood by John Albee


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