A large logic machine (say, with more than a hundred logical variables) can have an astronomical number of possible states.

The water rates are rising to astronomical numbers.

Even for simple programs with only a few elementary variables, this interpretation leads to an astronomical number of states.

The $250,000 difference between Abbott and the Yankees is not particularly large in these days of astronomical numbers.

"There's an astronomical number of trees with one, two and three inch diameters that are gone," he said.

The astronomical number of guest stars grew even higher for the fifth season.

He was asked about what his family would make of such astronomical numbers.

The problem is not the same since these approaches involve astronomical numbers of trials, but the results are suggestive for password choice.

He notes that, with enough storage capacity, a computer can behave in an astronomical number of different ways.

Its border would show an astronomical number of different fractal structures.