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multiplication

[muhl-tuh-pli-kay-shuhn] / ˌmʌl tə plɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Though Sharpe wrote his article before the advent of AI, he stressed that his conclusion depends “only on the laws of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Nothing else is required.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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

This process is similar to a matrix-vector multiplication, where light waves interact to create focused "bright spots" at specific output points.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2025

It was all about multiplication, and I got almost all the answers wrong.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

Today they perform hundreds of septillions of matrix multiplications to power leading large language models.

From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026

If future hardware is designed specifically for one-bit models, it will eliminate the need for complex mathematical multiplications altogether, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Despite repeated multiplications of the official minimum wage earned by millions of Venezuelans, it still amounts to about $2 — not even enough to buy a kilogram of chicken.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

You multiplied the two terms of the first binomial by the two terms of the second binomial—four multiplications.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020

A couple of brief multiplications, a simple division, and, bingo, you know your gravitational position wherever you go.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson


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