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calculation

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




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Their preliminary calculation highlights the potentially enormous scale of the process.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Snowflake’s calculation is fairly straightforward: How many potential customers are there, and how much could each spend?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

This year, the calculation has also been impacted by heavy haze, which has obscured satellite images at times.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

That will be a calculation for another time and much will depend on the proximity of polling day.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

His ultimate aspiration was to be president of the United States, which meant his approach to solving the threat would require precision and shrewd calculation.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

If their calculations were still off, the company could miss its window for a fall launch in grocery stores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

And that cycle is shaping up to be so large as to dwarf those that came before it, by his calculations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

“There are now so many phase-outs and phase-ins and interlocking provisions that back-of-the-envelope calculations aren’t reliable,” says Tim Steffen, director of tax planning at Baird.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Then, by referring to the almanacs and making some calculations, he can determine how far north or south he is: that is his latitude.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong


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