How to Use actuarial in a Sentence

actuarial

adjective
Definition of actuarialnext
  • Look at an actuarial table to get the facts or visit a nursing home, where the bald heads are few and the coiffed heads are many.
    — Beth Thames | [email protected], al.com, 10 July 2019
  • Bad in an actuarial sense, because per-capita death rates here have been among the highest in the world.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2021
  • On rainy days, my thoughts were downright actuarial, and most of my compulsions took the form of prayer.
    — Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
  • Already, eight All-Stars have missed at least one playoff game -- a record I'm told by those who keep such grim actuarial numbers.
    — Steve Hummer, ajc, 19 June 2021
  • This is the first time the 65-year old insurer has released its EV, an actuarial measure.
    — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2022
  • The reduction to the spousal boost is actuarial, according to the number of months before her FRA that it is taken.
    — Russell Gloor, Houston Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2020
  • In the sedate world of actuarial science, Jeremy Gold was a bomb thrower.
    — Heather Gillers, WSJ, 13 July 2018
  • On Thursday, the Senate approved a bill that calls for an actuarial study of the program to be completed by October of this year.
    — Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022
  • But an actuarial analysis hasn’t been done yet on the Senate’s bill.
    — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • By law, Citizens’ prices must be 10% above the highest market rate in each parish or the actuarial rate, whichever is higher.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Most of the film is propelled by the actuarial problem of whether Caro, 87, and Gottlieb, 91, will live long enough to finish the fifth and final volume of the Johnson biography.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The plans don't have enough money to pay the full promised benefits, according to Cheiron Inc., a pension actuarial firm.
    — Jay Heflin, Washington Examiner, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Kaylee Cohen studied two months for an actuarial exam last year—then failed it.
    — Neal Templin, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The Senate bill creates a framework for the program, with an actuarial study to be completed by October of this year.
    — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Brady’s whole brand, his post-playing career purpose, is tied to being able to defy the NFL’s actuarial tables.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The public option plan will have to undergo an actuarial study, and then the state would need to apply for a waiver from the federal government.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 June 2021
  • But the Fox News audience is really an actuarial game at this point.
    — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Seven years ago, the gap was about $12 billion, the result of bad advice from an actuarial firm that led to years of underfunding by state officials.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Rush was an actuarial science major with a GPA of nearly 4.0.
    — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2021
  • After graduating with a degree in actuarial science in 2014 and taking a few vacations, Schirra came up with the idea of the non-profit.
    — Matthew Conyers, courant.com, 8 June 2017
  • From an actuarial perspective, the life expectancy of somebody who has reached Biden’s age is 89 years old, meaning that the odds are in favor of his surviving a second term.
    — The Editors, National Review, 5 June 2023
  • There isn’t any cost information available on the plan in its current form, but an actuarial study will be done and the state plans to apply for a waiver from the federal government for the program.
    — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 19 June 2021
  • And pass this story along to any students in your lives struggling through statistics or actuarial sciences.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2023
  • One estimate, from the actuarial firm Milliman, penciled out that two years of fires undid 26 years of profits for the state’s insurers.
    — Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022
  • More than a third of Americans in average health at 65 are likely to live to 90, according to actuarial studies.
    — Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Still, the political and actuarial case is clear enough.
    — James Taranto, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The rate of future judicial vacancies is hard to predict for reasons that are both human and actuarial.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
  • That means that the donors would have to have other actuarial risks to justify an extra premium or conditions.
    — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Gillian Hitchcock, a senior studying actuarial science at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, said a women in her sorority is now a leader of the encampment.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
  • To determine the value of a person's life, the Compensation Committee was instructed to utilize a method similar to actuarial science.
    — TIME, 23 Apr. 2024

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