calculation
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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
The AI boom changes that calculation in several ways, as crystallized in Anthropic’s public offer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The guarantee derived from a calculation by Hoover’s engineering deputy, Arthur Powell Davis, that so much water flowed down the river that there would always be enough to meet every state’s needs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
It was a day when there was something very, very wrong with the landing calculation.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
Include car insurance and other potential costs in your calculations.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Home Office calculations suggested 196,000 care workers and their adult dependants could settle between 2026 and 2030, at an estimated lifetime cost of £9.5bn to taxpayers.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Their calculations revealed a close relationship between the molecule's rotation and its ability to carry electrical current.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
According to their calculations, the particle may have survived long enough to temporarily dominate the universe's energy density as the cosmos cooled after the Big Bang.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Whenever a new comet was discovered, it gave additional support to Newton’s calculations.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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