numbers

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Election officials have said their numbers were always correct and that the discrepancy was based on a one-minute lag in vote updates for Pratt by The Associated Press, which also confirmed the lag.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

Yet the numbers underneath show a more complicated reality: Those figures were led by sales over $1 million, according to the National Association of Realtors.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

Then, when the onslaught of worry and annoyance over my Vibe’s abrupt damage subsided, I started to crunch the numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

This problem is actually temporary because members of the the massive baby boom generation are now largely retired, and their numbers will gradually diminish in the years ahead.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

They put blue bands on the birds’ legs and wrote down the numbers so Jack could remember the birds’ birthdays and who their mothers and fathers were.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr