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finite

[fahy-nahyt] / ˈfaɪ naɪt /


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“UC has finite resources and can help only so many students, and only when the preparation deficits they need to overcome are within reach,” the letter reads.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

This was considered among the most important unsolved problems in combinatorics, a prominent branch of math and computer science dealing with finite objects and arrangements.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026

But if spacetime has finite memory, what happens when it fills up?

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

"There is a finite amount of time that a player can perform at the optimum level," said Ferguson.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

According to a number of early cosmologies and the Jewish/Christian/Muslim tradition, the universe started at a finite, and not very distant, time in the past.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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