calculation
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Whether that calculation proves correct remains to be seen.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
It simply means that we underestimate the likelihood that reaching out will turn out well and that our cost-benefit calculation might be miscalibrated.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
No, the analogy can’t take us that far; there are no ingredients here, just a calculation you could, in principle, do by hand.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
The figure is a rough calculation based on an estimated 331 trillion won in operating profit -- in line with market consensus reported by Yonhap News Agency -- and roughly 78,000 chip employees.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
I might have discovered that in at least one instance the wheel had stopped, that in spite of all the unrelenting calculation, chance and luck had, at least once, changed something.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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