exponent
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A few years later and a few hundred miles down the Eastern Seaboard, Bruce Springsteen, perhaps the greatest living exponent of the American song of the open road, issued the tragic and affecting “Atlantic City.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Its message was spread across the world in the 1970s by Marley — the faith’s most famous exponent.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
They also found that the gamma-ray flare distribution indicates that blazar neutrino emission may be dominated by flares for the weighting exponent >1.5.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023
Sinatra once called him, “for my money the best singer in the business, the best exponent of a song.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
The king who wanted to be everybody's heir was much too consequent an exponent of the feudal doctrine, and his successors were forced into a gentler practice.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
Applying exponents helps in grappling with inflationary numbers, whether monetary or cosmic, and is more practical than talking in exotic “-illions,” such as milli-millillion and killillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
"Arsenal are the arch exponents at set-pieces. They are top of the Premier League, chasing the Champions League and are statistically the best team in the country."
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
“You’re taking another two exponents of risk as you’re moving towards fusion away from fission.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
She was hesitating over a problem involving the manipulation of exponents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
He did a nice job today reviewing how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide exponents.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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The ACT Math Test: Number and Quantity
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