as in math
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
by my calculation, it should take me a month to save up for the weekend getaway
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Recent Examples of calculation
Plus, the resulting tariffs should be a quarter lower than stated because the Trump administration erred in its calculations by undervaluing how the duty could impact items’ import prices, noted economists for the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
But if companies are forced to move their labor to more expensive countries, like the U.S., that cost-benefit calculation changes drastically.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Geissinger brings both folksy charm and dark calculation to the role.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
According to calculations published in The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment, over 350 million vertebrate animals are killed on U.S. roads every year.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
But if companies are forced to move their labor to more expensive countries, like the U.S., that cost-benefit calculation changes drastically.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Geissinger brings both folksy charm and dark calculation to the role.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
According to calculations published in The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment, over 350 million vertebrate animals are killed on U.S. roads every year.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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When the time comes to name the 2025 Sexiest Man Alive, get off your ath and do some math, because the numbers all add up to one clear winner.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Our brains can do math, employ logic, explore abstractions and think critically.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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But in incredibly rough arithmetic, playing both receiver and cornerback in the league would double any chance of injury.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2025
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In the arithmetic of GDP, this depresses the growth rate.—
Axios,
Axios,
28 Mar. 2025
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Apple Intelligence, introduced last fall for the iPhone 16 series, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, plus all current Macs and most iPads, does a lot of its computation on-device.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The ball’s exit from the bottom of the box marks the end of the computation, with the final location as the result.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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