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calculus

[kal-kyuh-luhs] / ˈkæl kjə ləs /




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Now, some lenders are starting to rethink that calculus.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Since you have all of that information, you can proceed to the basic “time value of money” calculus that drives retirement planning.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Until recently, Maher said his calculus pushed him toward Democrats.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

That’s a calculus that will take months, assuming the current peace agreement is signed and maintained by both sides.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

My mother stuck with her classes, trying not to break down in biology and doing her best to keep the numbers straight in calculus.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

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 locality, size, and color of vesical calculi have been demonstrated in my own experience.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

In many cases, when these horses have died, calculi have been found in some part of the alimentary canal.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.

The Gall-Bladder.—The formation of biliary calculi in the gall-bladder is the chief point of interest here.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" 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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