calculation
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Part of the calculation, with the Tigers on a skid that could push them to sell at the deadline, will be the health of the Dodgers’ pitching staff, which is steadily improving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
With the new calculation, the Sun's silver abundance is now much more consistent with the amount found in these ancient meteorites.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
And as I explained in my answer to that letter, it is a calculation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
For example, some are frustrated that the agency hasn’t specified the exact formula it will now use in the software calculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
When it came to fighting, Woundwort was not given to careful calculation.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
He was in Norbury on the Shropshire Union Canal when he spoke to the BBC and estimated several hundred of boaters were weighing up similar calculations.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
"According to current calculations... this could happen on Tuesday or Wednesday," Magyar told a press conference at the plant, which has already reduced output in recent days.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Even here, though, historians have noted that the Soviet Union’s near-simultaneous invasion of Manchuria—which dispelled Japan’s illusion that Moscow might stay neutral in the war—also had an impact on the emperor’s calculations.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
If calculations or assumptions are wrong, floors might be added before columns are properly reinforced and structures could fail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
He pulled out several papers, drawings, and long sheets covered with calculations, which I could not understand even when he explained them, though this I did not confess.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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