whole number

Example Sentences

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Magnitudes on the Richter scale are measured logarithmically, with each whole number increase representing ten times more in measured amplitude.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The 14th Amendment requires that congressional seats be distributed among the states “according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State.”

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

“We think that electric vehicles can interact with the grid in a whole number of ways.”

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

"Sadly for a whole number of reasons, rugby players are going to have to accept that their market value has changed," explains BBC rugby union correspondent Chris Jones.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2023

“A whole number of things went sour there.”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness