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calculator

[kal-kyuh-lay-ter] / ˈkæl kjəˌleɪ tər /


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The IRS has posted a calculator to help figure withholding on wages and pensions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

You want to see which plan will cost you the least, and you want to go to the government’s repayment calculator at studentaid.gov.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

"The kids are not learning their math facts because they're becoming calculator hooked," he proclaimed.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Take care of the big expenses as soon as possible and then don’t bother bringing out the calculator for smaller bills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

I looked at one of those baby websites online and there was a due date calculator.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

"I would give them notepads, pens, calculators and a stationery set, for example pencil cases, rulers and protractors."

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

That would be "like saying you should be computing without using calculators", he told me.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

There are online calculators that help people calculate their Coast FI numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The school opted for a middle ground, purchasing 200 graphing calculators from French company NumWorks for its ninth-grade classes, with plans to create a schoolwide rollout over three years.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

These include the earliest dated set of European navigation instruments found thus far: compasses, protractors, calipers, sounding leads, tide calculators, and a device for calculating speed called a log reel.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler


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