abacus

Example Sentences

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Much of the area seemed a snapshot of an earlier time: You still needed to use a pulley to fill a bucket from the well; shopkeepers calculated bills with an abacus.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2019, it even updated its abacus emoji after people pointed out problems with its old design.

From The Verge

He marveled at Bob-Rob’s wizardry with the faithful old abacus he used for keeping highly accurate yardage stats long after everyone else had switched to computers.

From Seattle Times

Scientists have, for example, already devised artificial ways to store and process information using two-dimensional arrays of synthetic molecules, like checkerboard arrays or abacuses.

From The Guardian

They decide the 14th Amendment doesn’t actually apply to individuals and play abacus games with the word “citizenship” until segregation persists for more than 100 years.

From Washington Post