arithmetic

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A calculator performs arithmetic flawlessly, yet no one imagines it feels anything while doing so.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The basic arithmetic itself is subject to cavils resulting from the murkiness of some of the cost calculations and projections.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

In financial market arithmetic, a higher risk-free interest rate lowers the present value of future profits, the most basic component of stock prices, and holds down gains for broader indexes as a result.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

That eases the oil market at the margin because it changes the “basic arithmetic that traders are running on,” Innes told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Everyone in the class seemed perfectly willing to skip arithmetic for one morning.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White