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calculation

[kal-kyuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌkæl kjəˈleɪ ʃən /




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Bloomberg added to its calculation Musk’s stakes in his private companies Neuralink and Boring Co., about $7 billion between them, chump change in Musk’s world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

But doing a break-even calculation does allow people who have the flexibility to choose their claiming age decide whether they should wait or not.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

The new revision was "primarily reflecting a downward revision to imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, that was partly offset by a downward revision to consumer spending," the department said.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Each year, you do the actuarial calculation and check the result against the band.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

In a storm, when the air pressure sank, you had to offset that drop against the altimetric reading, and very often it was a crude rule-of-thumb calculation.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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