multiplying

Example Sentences

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Capacity is a standard industry metric calculated by multiplying the number of available seats by the distance flown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

This provides "very little evidence that the yeasts have been multiplying over millennia," he said, adding that he believed they were "relatively recent colonists of the mummy's body".

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

To distribute the funds, each child’s amount is calculated by multiplying the fund’s value by their share of units.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

There’s nothing coincidental in the fact that military schools also rose up around then, and that they kept multiplying past the first world war and up to the second one.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

First I showed him how every answer is just the number you’re multiplying the ten by, with a zero after it.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan