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as in object
one that has a real and independent existence
an event that is seen as the point at which the gay rights movement became an integer and not just a smattering of protests
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Recent Examples of integer
Encryption: current encryption techniques require decomposing large integers (on which RSA encryption is based) created as a product of prime numbers, into their prime factors.
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Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026
In 1980 Klaus von Klitzing at the Planck Institute for Solid State Research, in Stuttgart, Germany, discovered the integer quantum Hall effect.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2025
Six-seven is just a lasso looped by fate around two adjacent integers on the number line.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Algorithms are old—around 300 B.C., Euclid invented one for finding the greatest common divisor of two integers.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026
In 1980 Klaus von Klitzing at the Planck Institute for Solid State Research, in Stuttgart, Germany, discovered the integer quantum Hall effect.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2025
Six-seven is just a lasso looped by fate around two adjacent integers on the number line.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Algorithms are old—around 300 B.C., Euclid invented one for finding the greatest common divisor of two integers.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for integer
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In the document made public Wednesday, Silverman alleged Burke cut off those digits to remove evidence of a tattoo Hernandez had gotten of the singer’s name.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Entering this season, four of Morejón’s 2,061 career fastballs had reached triple digits.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Participants learned the locations of fifty objects; each was associated with a distinct noise.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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There could be as many as ~1017 icy, round objects in hydrostatic equilibrium in the Milky Way galaxy alone, most of which are likely not bound to a parent star at all.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Apr. 2026
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All of the numbers from that game are jaw-dropping.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Nexstar contends the deal would strengthen TV station economics, allowing stations to bolster their news gathering and expand the number of newscasts.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The case centers on Musk’s claim that OpenAI, Altman and Microsoft betrayed OpenAI's original mission as a nonprofit to benefit humanity by forming a for-profit entity in March 2019, 13 months after Musk left the OpenAI board.—
Deepa Seetharaman,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Musk alleges he was duped when Altman transformed OpenAI from a nonprofit entity into a for-profit juggernaut.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2026
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The list of substances Peters and his cohort ingest, inject, and smear on themselves is long and evergrowing, despite the very real risks that come along with them.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jackson, the youngest son, was found in a bathroom where deputies allegedly saw a black substance in the toilet.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Integer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integer. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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