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calculate

[kal-kyuh-layt] / ˈkæl kjəˌleɪt /




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For reference, L.A.’s tallest building, the Wilshire Grand Center, has a ratio of roughly 10.5, depending on how you calculate the square footage and acreage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

More importantly, scientists can calculate how large those temperature patches should appear.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Third step: Have her tax adviser calculate exactly what she would net from a sale after taxes and selling costs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

To calculate the number of days above the heatwave threshold, we first averaged the daily maximum temperature for each grid cell with its nearest grid cells on every day.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Armed with sextant, chronometers, compass, and nautical tables, Frank Worsley, skipper of Endurance, had been able to calculate and plot their every position.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

RBC calculates an earnings per share hit of 9% from last week’s parliamentary vote to require 90% CET1 backing—only 0.3 point better than the worse option of full CET1 backing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

A Monte Carlo simulation, widely used in financial planning, calculates the probability that you’ll run out of money before you die.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

When you gaze into the black box, the black box calculates how best to gaze back.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

"We've asked TfW to make it clearer for passengers when travelling as tap and go calculates the standard adult single fare for your tapped journey," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

My stupid brain calculates Elizabeth’s life without my ever giving permission.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

That could allow scientists to investigate quantum systems whose behavior cannot yet be calculated precisely, potentially including problems too difficult for classical computers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

That share for munitions is set to roughly double to an average of 14% between 2028 and 2031, Harrison calculated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“All in all, we expect memory fundamentals to remain healthy,” he said, adding that average selling-price trends should be better than what is currently being calculated into Wall Street’s consensus.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

It was calculated after a job evaluation that looked at each role within the local authority.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

I calculated the consequences of replying “Four Hundred Pound,” and finding them against me, went as near the answer as I could—which was somewhere about eightpence off.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The Journal’s analysis omitted Tesla when calculating aggregates and trends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Sherriff ordered the Labor Department to “promptly produce” a new methodology for calculating H-2A wage rates consistent with his decision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“We in the West have made a strategic planning mistake in not calculating interceptors against ballistic missiles that are produced,” said Lange, the former German defense official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Depending on who is doing the calculating, whether or not an Omen occurred on a given day can vary.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

During recess, I did some quick calculating in my head to be sure, but I was right.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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