numbers
Example Sentences
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The sheer scale of numbers is matched by their wild passion.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Economists and investors have since worried that bad numbers could bring about the dismissal of statisticians, while good ones could be greeted skeptically by the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The numbers have spiked since payments came due again following a lengthy pause intended to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
His hopes of eradicating it by 2020 were dashed, although numbers are still down significantly on what they were 10 years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In other words, he wanted me to calculate by hand the same numbers that had been fed into the electronic computer, to see if the answers I generated would match the computer’s.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
