calculus

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The calculus for the Pirates was more complicated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

In a case like TBPN’s, this calculus does not appear to carry.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

Working with stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, director Kristoffer Borgli is less interested in matters of compatibility than the fickle calculus of cancellation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Mortgage rates ticked higher last week, continuing their march above 6% and potentially complicating the calculus for buyers and sellers at the beginning of a spring season that had been showing green shoots.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

As a student, frustrated by the limitations of conventional mathematics, he invented an entirely new form, the calculus, but then told no one about it for twenty-seven years.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson