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calculation

[kal-kyuh-lay-shuhn] / ˌkæl kjəˈleɪ ʃən /




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"That's pretty late, so our calculation is likely an underestimation of the real number."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

But though the ceasefire may have been born out of political calculation rather than purely humanitarian compassion, it also resulted in hundreds of civilians escaping.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Snowflake’s calculation is fairly straightforward: How many potential customers are there, and how much could each spend?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

This calculation is often described as a “blunder” or “mistake.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

By Clayton’s calculation, this was the last week that he’d be able to find the Bluesmen in Washington Square Park before they headed south.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

A 0.25 percentage point rise would mean a £31 increase in monthly repayments for someone with a typical tracker home loan, according to calculations by banking trade body UK Finance.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

But using back-of-the-envelope calculations, based on Meta’s closing share price of $621.03 on Tuesday, $95 billion would make for 152,971,676 new shares, or 5.9% of the company’s third-quarter average diluted share count of 2.573 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

His supporters heard a candidate who, whatever else might have been true about him, didn’t operate according to ordinary political calculations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

My calculations based on company financial statements show how fast the money has been redirected.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

If Virginia wanted to negotiate these calculations, well, it was the kind of thing that could always be worked out among friends.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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