calculus

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Working with stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, director Kristoffer Borgli is less interested in matters of compatibility than the fickle calculus of cancellation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The region’s more recent strategic importance traces to the 1930s when major oil discoveries in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain sparked a new geopolitical calculus about the region.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

A severe shock would flip the calculus toward recession risk entirely.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Mortgage rates ticked higher last week, continuing their march above 6% and potentially complicating the calculus for buyers and sellers at the beginning of a spring season that had been showing green shoots.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

He and Newton would tear the scientific world asunder, though neither would solve the problem of the zeros that suffused calculus.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife