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multiplicity

[muhl-tuh-plis-i-tee] / ˌmʌl təˈplɪs ɪ ti /




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And multiplicity: If you reveal something negative, is it seen with compassion?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Looking beyond the current dynamics caused by the effective closure by Iran of the Strait of Hormuz, the more lasting trend of supply/demand imbalance is owing to a multiplicity of factors.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

That’s no small attraction, though, for the multiplicity of hues—cerulean, lilac, coral, seafoam, sienna—are hypnotically rendered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Still, the neurotypical viewer might wonder how accurately the series portrays neurodivergence, and indeed, within the community, which is nothing like homogeneous, one finds a multiplicity of views.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025

“I prefer to be called William Spiver. It distinguishes me from the multiplicity of Williams in the world.”

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo

You can argue about multiplicities of meanings, but the ear won’t have it both ways.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

For zeros with even multiplicities, the graphs touch or are tangent to the axis.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 1, 2021

It’s praiseworthy that Disney has hired Mr. Coogler and Ms. DuVernay; Disney understands the audience in all its multiplicities.

From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2018

We know that the multiplicity is likely 3 and that the sum of the multiplicities is 6.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015

To make these "multifarious multiplicities" explicit I would like to offer a description of a recent, personal nursing experience.

From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson




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