equation

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Now determining whether I can afford something has shifted from a guess every time I click “buy” to a math equation I actually know how to solve.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

The agency last week agreed to release emergency stocks but said Friday that the demand side is also a crucial part of the energy security equation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

But a third factor is entangled in this equation: access to food and water, both of which become more difficult to acquire as wars spread and global temperatures ratchet upward.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

On the other end of the risk equation for the president is the very real danger that comes with choosing to expand US operations in the Mideast.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

As different as these outcomes seem, they are all governed by the same differential equation.

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