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arithmetic

[uh-rith-muh-tik, ar-ith-met-ik] / əˈrɪθ mə tɪk, ˌær ɪθˈmɛt ɪk /


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Makers of personal computers face the same arithmetic, though not all are equally exposed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

For investors still betting on the next Keytruda, it means a humbler arithmetic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

She remembered how her maths teachers would put her "on the spot" by asking her to do mental arithmetic in front of the whole class.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The arithmetic that made counterdrone technology urgent is embarrassingly simple.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

After all, I don’t know those Bostonians or San Franciscans or Kansans who have taken ill; the numbers, though alarming, held no personal arithmetic.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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