calculation
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Her calculation suggests every 10% increase in tanker spot rates lifts earnings by about 5%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Many who spoke to The Times said deciding between the more than a dozen lines to enter the theme park came down to a simple calculation: which queue had the fewest people.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Each call carries an unspoken calculation - how much to reassure, how firmly to say it.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
At one point, cast member Mikey Day does a rough calculation and estimates that Michaels has read somewhere in the realm of 28,350 sketches.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
WL I was young, before I could tell numbers and operate a scales and so record the weight of my own excrement, the men of the house daily performed this calculation for me.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing calculation
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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