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equation

[ih-kwey-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ɪˈkweɪ ʒən, -ʃən /


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The chatbot will help students come up with a thesis but won’t write an essay for them, and it will walk them through how to solve an equation instead of jumping to the answer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The simplest way to get a general idea of whether you’ve saved enough for retirement is to start with one basic equation: Income minus spending equals what you need from your savings.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

The conjecture involves functions, which are like little machines which you put one or more numbers into and out pop other numbers according to some rule or equation.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Now, YouTube subscribers and TikTok followers are part of the equation, along with specials on Netflix, HBO and Hulu.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

“Yes. There’s a mathematician named Hannah Fry. She’s created an equation for finding your soul mate.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Einstein responded by adding a "cosmological constant" to his equations, represented by the Greek letter Lambda.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

On the rare occasions when he chimed in, it wasn’t to ask Claude about the unintelligible string of equations on his screen.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Deng and his collaborators solved a problem within broader attempts to mathematically connect equations governing the motion of gases from the smallest to the largest scales, according to the university.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Beyond this weak limit, the GfE equations produce a changing dark energy contribution.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Surely if I think about algebra equations or start counting laundry machines, I'll fall right back asleep.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi




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