calculation
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“The victim families, sometimes paid, with a calculation that a single payment would protect their family and business in India and the United States as well.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Jumping ship to a mutual insurance company doesn’t necessarily guarantee a better deal, but it’s a calculation many are weighing as high insurance costs strain budgets that are already feeling the inflation squeeze.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
That calculation doesn't include other elements of the bill that are expected to increase.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Last year, America’s total fertility rate fell to 1.57 births per woman, according to a Wall Street Journal calculation using provisional CDC data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Rutherford and Chadwick stated flatly that they had not found Lawrence’s suspiciously light neutrons in any of their bombardments and saw no reason to revise their calculation of the neutron’s weight to conform to Lawrence’s.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing calculation
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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Number and Operations in Base Ten
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