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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

I haven’t been able to calculate my rate of return because that would require making assumptions about future appreciation.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

People didn’t have to manually calculate number after number on paper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Using both datasets will allow scientists to build more detailed models of the stars and calculate properties including their chemical abundances and the rates at which stellar winds strip away their mass.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Mama squints, like she’s trying to calculate a big number in her head.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

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

If the S&P 500 were to return to the valuation reached during the 2025 tariff shock, the index would trade near 18 times forward earnings, implying an S&P level around 7,200, Truist calculates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

I wonder how she calculates her pace—with her watch or with her brain.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

In March, the OBR calculated that the first rule would be met with a gap - or headroom - of £23.6bn.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

If they never went to prison, the five years is calculated from the date of sentencing.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The researchers calculated that, during unified governments since 1871, the U.S. stock market has outperformed its return during divided governments by 7.05 annualized percentage points.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Yet, Pattinson is so exaggerated, so commedia dell’awful, that if the real Chris Hansen doesn’t sue, it’ll be because he’s calculated that no one would seriously believe this is him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Equal temperament and pure intervals are calculated as decimals and compared to each other.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

For companies that still operate old-fashioned pension plans, higher yields mean higher discount rates, which are key to calculating the present value of their liabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Rubner said downside protection is inexpensive, calculating that demand for market protection is in the bottom first percentile of the entire year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

“You can deal with one set of tariffs once and be done with it” instead of calculating levies for many different materials and styles, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Tall, gaunt and calculating, Wagoner’s angles had angles, but somehow standing next to her, his pompadour dwarfing her considerable bouffant, it worked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Cat looked at Chicken hard, her brain calculating how long it would take to reach him.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn




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