multiplication

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"Our findings suggest that DMTF1 can contribute to neural stem cell multiplication in neurological aging," Dr. Liang said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

Nominally about multiplication, the test was actually about how well you functioned under pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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 multiplication of meaning is a form of linguistic play, a turning to imagine what one might do with the unexpected bounty of ten thousand spoons.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

Thus, the probability of having two successive nonmatching dreams is, by the multiplication principle for probability, the product of 9,999/10,000 and 9,999/10,000.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos