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indefinite number

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. a variable or unspecified number.


Example Sentences

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A 1951 defense treaty gave the U.S. the right to establish an indefinite number of bases in perpetuity, provided it informed Denmark and Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

It is now authorized to add an indefinite number without first seeking the S.E.C.’s blessing.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2022

“The ability for the same share to be shorted an indefinite number of times is somewhat of a pathology and that should be fixed,” said Robinhood Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev.

From Reuters • Feb. 19, 2021

If America decides to keep an indefinite number of thousands of German children alive, it will be through the Quakers.

From Time Magazine Archive

He would hang on the door of his bedroom, pulling himself up and down an indefinite number of times.

From How to Get Strong and How to Stay So by Blaikie, William Garden

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