calculation
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But though the ceasefire may have been born out of political calculation rather than purely humanitarian compassion, it also resulted in hundreds of civilians escaping.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Their preliminary calculation highlights the potentially enormous scale of the process.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
The U.S. hit the 100% threshold in an intrayear calculation earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
This calculation is often described as a “blunder” or “mistake.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Caesar’s eyes narrowed as he made the same calculation.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
A 0.25 percentage point rise would mean a £31 increase in monthly repayments for someone with a typical tracker home loan, according to calculations by banking trade body UK Finance.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
So we ask for a second set of eyeballs on our calculations.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
But using back-of-the-envelope calculations, based on Meta’s closing share price of $621.03 on Tuesday, $95 billion would make for 152,971,676 new shares, or 5.9% of the company’s third-quarter average diluted share count of 2.573 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
His supporters heard a candidate who, whatever else might have been true about him, didn’t operate according to ordinary political calculations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
It does not do to leave a dragon out of your calculations, I hear him say aloud.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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