as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
we were able to divide the dinner bill fairly with a little computation
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Recent Examples of computation
In the 21st century, demand for computation is enormous, and any computation ultimately turns electricity into heat.
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Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Willow was able to reduce errors exponentially by using more qubits and perform a standard benchmark computation in under 5 minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years, the report said.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2026
Regardless of their gender, students were equally likely to solve these basic computation items correctly.
—Colleen Ganley, The Conversation, 5 Dec. 2025
Somewhere within those broad frontal and temporal areas, everybody will have some tissue that is reliably doing linguistic computations.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
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Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Willow was able to reduce errors exponentially by using more qubits and perform a standard benchmark computation in under 5 minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years, the report said.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2026
Regardless of their gender, students were equally likely to solve these basic computation items correctly.
—Colleen Ganley, The Conversation, 5 Dec. 2025
Somewhere within those broad frontal and temporal areas, everybody will have some tissue that is reliably doing linguistic computations.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
Noun
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On Tuesday, Councilwoman Penny Ambler questioned whether that calculation took Senate Enrolled Act 1, which reduces property tax revenue for local government, into account.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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And they’re entitled to that calculation.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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But for many renters and hopeful homebuyers, the math still isn’t mathing.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Pre-literacy skills and math concepts can be important for school districts and policymakers as children get ready to begin state testing in later years.—
Makiya Seminera,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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This arithmetic explains why AI is being treated as a recession strategy rather than a moonshot.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The cold arithmetic of politics suggests none of these options end well.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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