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as in digit
a character used to represent a mathematical value three is a positive integer

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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 Typescript requires programmers to declare the type of each variable (floating point, integer, Boolean or other) before it’s used, increasing reliability. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2024 If there are more than three competitors in the same category in the same event, the point scoring is assigned as follows: divide the number of competitors by two, then round up to the next integer. Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 19 Dec. 2024 For example, the even integers form a subgroup within the integers. Leila Sloman, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2024 Such declarations are used to indicate whether a data element is meant to hold a Boolean (true/false) value, a byte, a 32-bit integer, a 64-bit integer, a 32-bit floating-point number, a 64-bit floating-point number, or various other possibilities. Adrian Sampson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2013 See All Example Sentences for integer
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Noun
  • At the heart of the dispute are voters who did not supply a valid state ID or the last four digits of their Social Security number when registering to vote.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Moore equipped his pinball machine setup with the flexibility of a computer—one arrangement of bumpers might calculate the first thousand digits of pi, and another might compute the best next move in a game of chess.
    Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
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  • Videos show the museum in ruins, with piles of rubble and broken artifacts, confirming fears of looting raised in 2023, when satellite images showed trucks of objects leaving the building.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Place another clean, white towel on the area and weigh it down with a heavy object to press out any residual moisture.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
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  • According to tracking, the tentpole is headed for a domestic debut in the $63 million to $77 million range, with a target number of $70 million.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Her individuality brushed off on a huge number of people.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One such entity with a story worth telling is West Texas Counseling & Guidance, (WTCG).
    Jack Fowler, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
  • These entities paid the Cuban doctors a small fraction of what the foreign government paid Cuba.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But once Mulaney talked his wife Olivia Munn into giving him the cash because he’s not allowed to have more than $300 in cash due to his past issues with substance abuse, the manager then requested $100,000 and finally the Everybody’s Live crew began to notice the red flags.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Whalers also brought spermaceti, a waxy substance that comes from a sperm whale’s head and is used to produce candles and lubricants for precision machinery like watches and clocks.
    Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Integer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integer. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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