calculator
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They used a risk calculator called Boadicea that combines factors such as family history, lifestyle, reproductive history and genetic information to give a risk score.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
For this example, I’m using AARP’s investment-returns calculator because it allows you to adjust a variety of variables.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
The team believes the new calculator could improve conversations between patients and clinicians by providing personalized estimates of risk instead of relying on general statistics or broad concerns about side effects.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
Patent No. 3,819,921 for their hand-held aluminum calculator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
As a young man, Blaise invented a mechanical calculating machine, named the Pascaline, which is similar to some of the mechanical calculators that engineers used before the invention of the electronic calculator.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Electronic calculators, for instance, may have helped users solve equations -- but left the method and reasoning process in human hands.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
You can use any number of future-value calculators to experiment with different assumptions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
The advocates were generally happy with what they heard, while also pulling out calculators to assess whether Newsom owes still more to education.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Lucy is also campaigning for children with dyscalculia to be allowed to use calculators and their personal notes or work books, something she described as Ava's "maths bible," in SATs tests and GCSEs.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
“Its calculators can be set to any combination, so many amino acids, so much sulphur, so much butterfat and alkaline. Right?”
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
