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exponent

[ik-spoh-nuhnt, ek-spoh-nuhnt] / ɪkˈspoʊ nənt, ˈɛk spoʊ nənt /




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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

Gould was then a world-famous exponent of the music of J.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

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

He was an able exponent of the Scriptures, and he wrote in a superior and beautiful style.

From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by George Stewart

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

“You’re taking another two exponents of risk as you’re moving towards fusion away from fission.”

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

And there are plenty more exponents who continue to shun convention and go with longer implements.

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

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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