divisible

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If it fails, Myanmar faces economic ruin reminiscent of 1987, when dictator Ne Win voided all bank notes in denominations not divisible by his lucky number 9, wiping out citizens’ savings overnight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Newman also found that some age databases contain unusual numbers of people born on the first day of the month or on dates divisible by five, suggesting many of these birth dates are fabricated.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

Now leap years divisible by 100, like the year 1900, are skipped unless they're also divisible by 400, like the year 2000, in which case they're observed.

From National Geographic • Feb. 26, 2024

This is patently false: you can recognize numbers divisible by 3 because their digits total a number divisible by 3.

From Scientific American • May 25, 2023

Why does this property—being the least divisible unit of a larger form—imbue these particular ideas with such potency and force?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee