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indefinite number

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. a variable or unspecified number.


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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

Here an indefinite number of dead frames of little flies had been pointed out to us, belonging to the species of ephemaries whose generations succeed one another day by day.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. George, however, thinks he can provide a plentiful supply of unoccupied land, at a nominal price, for an indefinite number of new-comers without disturbing any prior occupant.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

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