mathematically
Americanadverb
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using mathematics or mathematical principles.
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according to mathematics or from a mathematical perspective.
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in a precise and accurate way.
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At that point, mathematically speaking the impact is greater than one single newsroom breaching an injunction.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
I’m certainly not running an advertorial for insurance companies and annuities, but there is no doubt that mathematically, they provide the highest possible guaranteed lifetime income out of a lump sum.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
DoubleAI’s breakthrough was discovering a way of formally and mathematically performing that verification, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Although the system was conceptually elegant and mathematically orderly, it gradually drifted farther away from the natural seasonal cycle it was meant to organize.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Marine General Victor Krulak showed the secretary a detailed report he’d written that seemed to prove mathematically that Westmoreland’s war of attrition was doomed.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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