calculate
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They can calculate a scenario in which you take Roth conversions and fill a federal tax bracket, and compare that with a scenario in which you don’t take Roth conversions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Temperatures in the area of the ocean used to calculate El Niño were already 2.41 degrees above baseline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some calculate the metric aggressively to project strength, while others avoid citing a single headline figure to prevent conflating cash with credit lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
It said Doge had not been transparent regarding the methods it used to calculate savings, highlighting it "did not provide sufficient information to verify the method used to calculate 96% of Doge-reported savings".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
They also had a sophisticated system of astronomy; like the Greeks, they tried to calculate the distance to the sun.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The bank calculates that total revenue for the index excluding energy and financial companies, and adjusted for inflation and currency changes, is up around 8%, much more than GDP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Freddie Mac calculates the average rate from the thousands of loan applications submitted to it, while Mortgage News Daily data surveys mortgage lenders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The median stock trades at 22 times earnings, compared with 16 times for the equal-weight S&P 500, but that is a relative valuation near 10-year lows, Goldman calculates.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
But if that $3 million account is in tax-deferred accounts, they will together need to take a $113,208 RMD when they reach age 73 and will owe $28,951 in taxes, Reichenstein calculates.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
“You might be able to find her. She would be”—Molly calculates in her head—“in her late sixties, right? She could very well be alive.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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The documents included no explanation of how that number was calculated.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
QCDs during those pre-RMD years are quietly one of the best moves available, because every dollar you move out of your account shrinks the balance your future RMDs are calculated on.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 1813, in Kentucky, the ornithologist John James Audubon calculated that 300 million birds an hour flew above him, times 24 hours, for three solid days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
In fact, the DeepMind team calculated the chances of a human playing it at one in 10,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The underlying reason for this calculated orchestration of noncommitment was obvious: Any clear resolution of the slavery question one way or the other rendered ratification of the Constitution virtually impossible.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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What this comparison shows is that the BLS is calculating CPI in the way that it says it does.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
The state director of finance is responsible for calculating the adjusted minimum wage on or before Aug. 1 each year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Only after calculating the probability to be zero did he conduct his experiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
In an unusually detailed sentencing statement, judge O'Grady noted that calculating punishment parts is "with good reason" much misunderstood by victims and members of the public.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Mulch stood for a moment, calculating the system’s blind spot.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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