denominator
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As earnings estimates fall, valuation multiples can rise because the denominator of the price-to-earnings ratio shrinks, Sagal said.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Idol: I saw that band Geese the other day — they’re not playing to the lowest common denominator at all.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Many have dismissed the fruity videos as so-called artificial intelligence "slop" -- poor-quality content churned out to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
“First principles thinking to me is the lowest common denominator of the problem in the elements of the problem—so like I think about breaking the problem down to…atomic level,” McNeill said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
“This fraction of which the denominator is a cipher, is termed an infinite quantity,” writes Bhaskara, a twelfth-century Indian mathematician, who tells of what happens when you add a number to 1 + 0.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing denominator
Arithmetic
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Latin Love, Vol II: nominare
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Number and Operations: Fractions
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