calculation
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That process can take considerable time, and every additional cycle creates another opportunity for outside disturbances to interfere with the calculation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The proposed new calculation would exclude immigrants in the country illegally, which various analyses estimate total about 15 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Each calculation performed by the bacterial circuits takes about eight hours, far longer than an electronic computer would require.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Cook’s calculation to rent rather than build AI is widely seen as a smart move, too.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Realizing that his next move might ruin his life, Bobby, whose life on the chessboard had always been about preparation and calculation, decided that people in desperate positions must take desperate chances.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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But Hoover, the former Biden administration advisor, said those calculations omit how much the country would have saved in avoided health care costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
These models don’t make decisions; they carry out millions of probability calculations and pick the best one to answer the prompts they’re given.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
When Kelly turned 50, he started running calculations on when he could retire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
You can do your own calculations using your own state income-tax rate and local income-tax rate if you are subject to one.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
We pored over our calculations for weeks on end.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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