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calculus

[kal-kyuh-luhs] / ˈkæl kjə ləs /




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A growing list of threats, from violence to vandalism, has changed the calculus for what’s acceptable in public life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The truth is that most tech companies would be perfectly happy to hire employees who have done well in calculus and physics even if they have never taken a computer-science class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

To this day, his calculus for greenlighting any major production seems to come down to how vastly one’s star power burns.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

So right off the bat, that changes the calculus in your question.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Yet why should individuals care about this evolutionary calculus?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”.

From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2019

Midway through Infinite Powers, Steven Strogatz writes that Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”.

From Nature ● Apr. 1, 2019

Professor Nasse, of Bonn, where my son studied medicine at the time, has analyzed the calculi, and has found them to be urate of lime.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

The salivary, pancreatic, intestinal, lachrymal, and prostatic calculi are chiefly formed of calcareous salts.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

But it is in the diagnosis of the tumors, and encysted or impacted calculi, that the most essential service may be anticipated from the use of the cystoscope.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

“Do I think I underestimated some factors and overestimated some others? Sure. Do I think that there were calculations and calculuses that I made? Yes,” Porter went on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024




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