numerically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The comparison isn’t quite as numerically simple as I’m portraying.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
“While that difference may sound modest numerically, it represents a meaningful psychological shift,” says DeVoe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Even if not numerically significant, any infusion of manpower can count at a time when both sides are suffering attrition and scrambling to find recruits.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024
The new analysis found women aged 30-39 have been, numerically, the largest group of teachers leaving each year since 2017.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024
We repeated this process until we were certain that, numerically at least, all the animals with which the doctors were experimenting were accounted for.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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