How to Use denominator in a Sentence

denominator

noun
  • In the fraction 2/3 the numerator is 2 and the denominator is 3.
  • When the denominator goes up, the value of the stock goes down.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 May 2022
  • For too long, the system has been pulled down to the lowest denominator.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2017
  • The denominators are not the same.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • The denominator that matters is hours of synthetic video watched, not users on the app.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Accept that the common denominator to all of life’s problems is you.
    — AJC.com, 27 Dec. 2016
  • That means that the denominator of that fraction gets smaller and makes the energy very large.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 2 Apr. 2021
  • None of that works without a denominator.
    — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • But the Facebook top 10 list gives no sense of the denominator.
    — Siva Vaidhyanathan, The New Republic, 5 Jan. 2021
  • That denominator includes only those who are at least two weeks beyond their final dose.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2021
  • What happened is your denominator increased, more people joined the labor force this month.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 8 July 2024
  • The denominator depends both on how many tests are available and how many people are seeking testing.
    — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2020
  • As the workforce grows, the denominator increases so that the ratio goes down.
    — Liya Palagashvili, WSJ, 12 June 2018
  • The common denominator is that kids from this state wanted to be Buckeyes, and came here with a purpose.
    — Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 19 June 2017
  • In this case, each doll is an integer added to a fraction whose denominator is the next smallest figurine in the sequence.
    — Amory Tillinghast-Raby, Scientific American, 2 June 2023
  • The denominator for the players’ rate is the total number of players tested.
    — Wire Services, Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
  • But in this global crisis, both the numerator and the denominator are fuzzy.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Ultimately, that sweet spot in the middle has to become some sort of least common denominator.
    — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2011
  • The one in the magnetic field equation is in the numerator, and there was already one in the denominator.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Affordable, to the lowest denominator of income and those at that level.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • The stalk attached to this point would contain all the fractions whose denominators are not divisible by 5.
    — Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026
  • What emerges from this exercise is a series of constants that each appear in the denominator of the right-hand side of this inequality.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • Curtis Taylor's first four starts for the Cougars were losses, and the common denominator was walks.
    — Paul Johnson, Naperville Sun, 18 June 2017
  • This is an impact that the denominator has when comparing Y/Y data.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Could the denominator be further refined in order to get even closer to our irrational target?
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • As this process continues, the sum gains more and more terms, involving fractions with bigger and bigger denominators.
    — Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
  • On the right side of the equation, F-pull is in Newtons and the denominator is unitless (mass divided by mass).
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The amplitudes take the form of fractions, with a numerator above a denominator.
    — Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Specifically, the error of each fraction is no more than 1 divided by the square of the denominator.
    — Wired, 18 Aug. 2019
  • As long as the angle is between 0 and 90 degrees, the stuff in the denominator will be bigger than just μs such that the force will be smaller at an angle.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 11 June 2018

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