multiplication

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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

By 3, she was writing with upper elementary school precision, had conquered multiplication tables and understood division, her father said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

In Uccello’s Hunt by Night there is an alarming multiplication of vanishing points, all of which lead into the darkness.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton