How to Use calculus in a Sentence

calculus

noun

• The larger the spread, the riskier the loan, or so goes the calculus.
  — Rob Copeland, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
• The calculus changed with the launch of Bitcoin, in 2009.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
• Golf, the sport Song now plays at Phoenix Xavier Prep, was not part of the calculus.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2021
• That may not change the Fed’s calculus on rate cuts, though.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
• And then the gate agent explained the pitiless calculus of the oversold flight: The man had been the last to check in.
  — Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022
• And that changes the calculus for the defensemen forced to go back for those pucks.
  — Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
• But the war changed the calculus for the Ukrainians and Americans alike.
  — Justin Scheck, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• That seems like an immoral trade off, if that’s the calculus.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• How much has this factored into the calculus for the White House?
  — New York Times, 28 May 2021
• One loss — even getting shut out — didn’t change the calculus for Roberts.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
• Pretty good calculus on all sides to get a deal done ...
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
• But the 9th Circuit’s decision in the Duarte case changed the calculus.
  — Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
• But a crisis in the banking sector that emerged last month has changed the calculus.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
• Putting him on the ticket could alter the calculus there.
  — Erin Doherty, Axios, 24 July 2024
• And where does the change of decision calculus come from?
  — CBS News, 24 Nov. 2021
• Part of the calculus the Red Sox must consider with a long-term deal is Bregman’s age.
  — Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
• Zack sends me a calculus gag: a man and a woman are on a date, having a drink.
  — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025
• And that export cost calculus may change in the future.
  — WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022
• With all that in mind, teams with stars on the mend must weigh the delicate calculus about whether to bring them back at all — and if so, when.
  — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022
• How much is looking ahead to a new CBA and a media rights deal in about three years a part of the calculus for today?
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2022
• The idea of using dental calculus—or hardened plaque—to study diseases of the past is not new.
  — Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 2 Nov. 2022
• As time went on, the whale’s continued refusal to eat began to change the risk calculus for a move.
  — Sam Schechner, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022
• The calculus homework awaiting Megha Ganne might have to wait a couple more days to get done.
  — Josh Dubow, ajc, 5 June 2021
• How does Russell Crowe boarding as Zeus change the calculus for you?
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2022
• But these ever-watching eyes complicate the calculus of what gear to buy, how to move and where to dig in.
  — Colin Demarest, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
• But the pandemic has changed the calculus for many, with at least five shows recorded and available for streaming by the end of the year.
  — Lee Seymour, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• But Joe Biden’s decision last month to drop out of the race altered that calculus.
  — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
• To be sure, from a pure business calculus, the decision didn't make much sense.
  — John Schmid, jsonline.com, 2 Nov. 2022
• The near-term calculus for Nvidia looks a bit different, as Jim Cramer explained in a column earlier Thursday .
  — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
• Conley’s absence was big because there was not another player on the floor capable of directing traffic the way Conley does, which was part of the calculus in Finch deciding not to call timeout.
  — Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025