calculus
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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
Although he once thought owning a home would be a way for him to achieve independence and build wealth, Yaghoobians has changed his calculus.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
“But that calculus is changing with the risks,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
Its index included several chapters on differential equations and calculus.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
The Gall-Bladder.—The formation of biliary calculi in the gall-bladder is the chief point of interest here.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
In this case the obstruction may be near the orifice of the teat or farther up, and the solid mass is not movable up and down with the same freedom as are concretions and calculi.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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
“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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