- present participle of calculate.
calculating
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He’s explained why its way of doing business doesn’t interest him, and why he thinks its way of calculating investment returns is hinky.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
By calculating how much oxygen was needed to balance the other elements, along with the oxygen already contained in water and carbon dioxide, the scientists could estimate how much remained unaccounted for.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
One way to measure is calculating biomass, which refers to plant life by weight but is complicated to do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Dave Nadig of ETF.com did the math by calculating different fund companies’ revenue per dollar of assets under management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
As it began to swing around the dial, her eyes followed it, watching, calculating, seeing down the long chains of meaning to the level where the truth lay.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing calculating
The House of the Scorpion
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Mississippi Trial, 1955
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