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calculus

[kal-kyuh-luhs] / ˈkæl kjə ləs /




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If businesses and households begin treating 3% or 4% inflation as normal, the calculus changes.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

That concession appeared to reflect a calculus by the Trump administration that a diplomatic breakthrough between Saudi Arabia and Israel isn't likely to happen for some time.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

It is a calculus playing out across the tech industry as a new generation of AI-powered coding assistants transforms how software gets built.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

All these decades later, I understand the calculus but remain baffled by that reasoning.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

English mathematicians fell far behind their Continental counterparts when it came to developing calculus.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”.

From Nature Apr. 4, 2019

Midway through Infinite Powers, Steven Strogatz writes that Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”.

From Nature Apr. 1, 2019

The ova often serve as a nucleus for urinary calculi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Nevertheless, much can be done towards preventing the formation of calculi in those who have a tendency to their formation, by attention to diet, by taking proper exercise, and by the internal administration of drugs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

These salts also are an important, if not the chief, constituent of biliary and urinary calculi.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

“Do I think I underestimated some factors and overestimated some others? Sure. Do I think that there were calculations and calculuses that I made? Yes,” Porter went on.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2024




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