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calculation

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




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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

"It's the mathematical calculation of the crash," Jodi Westbrook Flowers, a member of the 9/11 families' legal team, told the BBC.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

What we have in common is the calculation, not the scale.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

And Sherm would do the calculation in his head.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead

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

Another approach is to put assets - often property - into a trust with loved ones as appointed trustees in the hope of keeping it out of the care calculations.

From BBC Sep. 13, 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

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

“By our calculations, the runoff shouldn’t be traveling very far.”

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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