multiplication

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“To have a really good organization, everyone has to be united in what they want, and each person has to contribute. It’s kind of like multiplication rather than addition.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

No one can disagree with Mr. Warsh on the Fed’s mission creep and on the multiplication of inconsistent objectives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Try jotting down three fractions separated by multiplication signs: earnings/sales x sales/assets x assets/equity.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

This process is similar to a matrix-vector multiplication, where light waves interact to create focused "bright spots" at specific output points.

From Science Daily • Oct. 28, 2025

Toby had put parentheses after exponents when explaining PEMDAS, even though the order was literally parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman