calculation
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That calculation doesn't include other elements of the bill that are expected to increase.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
It made its forecast based on the calculation that oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz would remain at about 5% its normal level for another two weeks.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
OpenAI made a different calculation, in his view, concluding that users didn’t care about its relationship with the Pentagon.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
Beyond the optics, there is a strategic calculation regarding Taiwan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
It means that in principle, then, we are not ruled by mysterious, unpredictable forces, but that, on the contrary, we can in principle control everything by means of calculation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing calculation
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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