operand

"The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long."

"The drummer emphasized the ands in the song, making the rhythm very clear. "

"The new math strategies were applied successfully in the classroom. "

"The telephone operator answered the call. "

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

"You have to choose between quantity and quality."

"The old blueprints for the house used the are as a unit of measurement. "

"The subtraction of 5 from 12 is 7. "

"By now, you must surely know which is which."

"We need to bring the balance of power into equation"

"Zero, one, −1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers."

"In the equation "5 + 2 = 7", the numbers 5 and 2 are the operands because they are the values being added together. "