on the numbers
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Unadjusted earnings per share were $1.29, with several spinoff-related charges weighing on the numbers.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
JPMorgan’s tech research team led by Gokul Hariharan wrote in its first take on the numbers that they expect the stock will continue to rise, “given better gross margins and stronger growth into 2026-27”.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026
One exception to the tight confidentiality is transmission of the data to the White House Council of Economic Advisers, whose chair typically briefs the president on the numbers the day before their release.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
The Home Office said it was trying to bear down on the numbers by reducing the time asylum seekers can appeal against decisions.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025
Random for most practical purposes, they are actually generated by a deterministic formula which imposes sufficient order on the numbers as to render them useless for some applications.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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