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calculator

[kal-kyuh-ley-ter] / ˈkæl kjəˌleɪ tər /


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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will owe $6.2 million in state and local income taxes, according to the calculator.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Murali Annavaram, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, likened AI to a calculator.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

If Bessent’s calculator is telling him those numbers are going down, he can borrow mine.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

"It's not quite the same as a calculator," he says.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

This site also includes a pop-up piano and accidental calculator specifically to help users learn and practice their developing musical skills.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

There are online calculators that help people calculate their Coast FI numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

There are plenty of retirement calculators that can help you there.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Several breast cancer risk calculators like Boadicea already exist and none are perfect.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

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

Later, I would learn that the women of West Computing could type ten digits at a time into their calculators from memory.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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