multiplication

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“To have a really good organization, everyone has to be united in what they want, and each person has to contribute. It’s kind of like multiplication rather than addition.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Nominally about multiplication, the test was actually about how well you functioned under pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Try jotting down three fractions separated by multiplication signs: earnings/sales x sales/assets x assets/equity.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

As these light waves interact, they automatically carry out mathematical procedures such as matrix and tensor multiplication, which form the basis of deep learning.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025

Olanna was teaching some children to recite the multiplication tables the morning that Kainene rushed up to the flame tree.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie