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calculate

[kal-kyuh-leyt] / ˈkæl kjəˌleɪt /




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That will be used to calculate the readers' points total.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The Journal analyzed European rivers using satellite imagery to calculate a water index that highlights surface water.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

In their study entitled “Bubbles for Fama,” they used prior two-year returns to calculate the odds of a crash — defined as a drop of at least 40% over the subsequent two years.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Temperatures in the area of the ocean used to calculate El Niño were already 2.41 degrees above baseline.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

I quickly stash the three boxes of bioloaf and calculate it will only last us a few months.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The most expensive purchase, she calculates, were the windows at £30,000, while one of the cheapest measures was making the whole house airtight, which cost £5,000.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

In his weekly “Flow Show” strategy note published Friday, Hartnett calculates that the cost of servicing the interest on that debt has reached $1.5 trillion yearly.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

The bank calculates that total revenue for the index excluding energy and financial companies, and adjusted for inflation and currency changes, is up around 8%, much more than GDP.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The SOX on Thursday closed above its 50- and 200-day moving averages, but below its 20-day moving average, only the 19th time it has done that, Krinsky calculates.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Brainvox calculates sixteen possible paths for the iron to follow through Phineas's head.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Opta's 'supercomputer' is actually a complex algorithm that uses a model based on betting market odds and the sports analytics company's own 'power rankings', which are calculated using past results.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

By the time I pledged, early on the first day of fundraising, the campaign had already met its initial $1.5-million goal — the minimum required, Day calculated, to pull off a version of her script.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The lawyer said they believe Meta calculated that figure "for shock value."

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The documents included no explanation of how that number was calculated.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

This time he’s giving me the calculated look.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Let me give you the number you should be calculating instead.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

You can test how “nicely” a function moves everything around in space by calculating something called the Jacobian determinant.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Only after calculating the probability to be zero did he conduct his experiment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

In an unusually detailed sentencing statement, judge O'Grady noted that calculating punishment parts is "with good reason" much misunderstood by victims and members of the public.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Cat looked at Chicken hard, her brain calculating how long it would take to reach him.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn




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