- present participle of calculate.
calculating
Example Sentences
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He arrived at that rate by calculating the lowest inflation-adjusted withdrawal rate that could nevertheless have been sustained by a 50% stock/50% bond portfolio in the worst 30-year period in U.S. history.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The company said it disagreed with the city’s method for calculating on-call time but would comply with it to avoid further legal battles with the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Unsurprisingly, technology companies are the most likely to talk about AI, with the DataTrek team calculating that 97% did so on their latest earnings call.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 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
It eyed them in a most calculating way and once, when Nhamo teased it with a stick, it rose up with its yellow mouth open wider than she had dreamed possible.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing calculating
The House of the Scorpion
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Novel Study: Of Mice and Men, Chapters 1–3
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Mississippi Trial, 1955
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