calculation
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A rough calculation suggests that last year’s cityide overall homelessness number would have still have been an increase, but by a more modest rate of just under 1.9%, not 3.4%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
As it stands, the 2025 life expectancy calculation wasn’t included in the report since it’s still technically provisional data.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s a difficult calculation for teams, especially because the last couple of years have shown that the costliest financial mistake in all of football is handing out one of those megadeals to the wrong quarterback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
In your 50s: Run the 3-step calculation above for the first time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
I am going to have to trust that he will keep his part of the bargain, but I mislike this kind of calculation.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
"Bringing the experiments and atomic-scale calculations together allowed us to test that connection directly."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
As I stood on a spectacular wraparound balcony on about the 20th floor, looking out on the azure waters of Biscayne Bay beneath me, I did some rough calculations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The researchers excluded non-placental mammals that lay eggs or harbor their newborns in belly-pouches and produce extremely small younglings from these calculations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
On Sunday -- before the latest closures -- France recorded a shortfall of 15.6 percent in nuclear power production, according to AFP calculations based on EDF data published since 2015.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Rania is the sound of typing computer keys and measured answers full of exact calculations.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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