recalculate
verb
re·cal·cu·late
(ˌ)rē-ˈkal-kyə-ˌlāt 
recalculated; recalculating; recalculates
: to calculate again
recalculated the price with the discount applied
It allows a single program to perform more than one task at a time. For example, a spreadsheet … could recalculate in the background while you continue entering new data.—
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Examples of recalculate in a Sentence
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But with the enrollment deadline fast approaching, schools will now have to decide whether to send out financial aid packages with inaccurate aid amounts or wait for the Department of Education to recalculate and reprocess applications.
—Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
The problem has been fixed, but the department must recalculate the affected records and has yet to provide a definitive timeline.
—Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Payments last for 12 months at a time, and are then recalculated based on changes to financial circumstances.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
San Diego officials are also lobbying the city’s pension board to consider reducing its roughly $450 million annual pension payment by as much as $100 million by recalculating how quickly its $3 billion in pension debt should be paid off.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
The standard deduction is recalculated each year to take inflation into account.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
Payments last for 12 month increments and are recalculated annually based on changes to the borrower’s income.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The Education Department, for instance, is drawing out the process of notifying the more than 3.6 million borrowers who were eligible for billions of dollars in immediate relief after their loan repayment timelines were recalculated.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
The AirPods, like a recalculating GPS, seem to come up with an entirely new plan.
—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
The problem has been fixed, but the department must recalculate the affected records and has yet to provide a definitive timeline.
—Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Payments last for 12 months at a time, and are then recalculated based on changes to financial circumstances.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
San Diego officials are also lobbying the city’s pension board to consider reducing its roughly $450 million annual pension payment by as much as $100 million by recalculating how quickly its $3 billion in pension debt should be paid off.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
The standard deduction is recalculated each year to take inflation into account.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
Payments last for 12 month increments and are recalculated annually based on changes to the borrower’s income.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The Education Department, for instance, is drawing out the process of notifying the more than 3.6 million borrowers who were eligible for billions of dollars in immediate relief after their loan repayment timelines were recalculated.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
The AirPods, like a recalculating GPS, seem to come up with an entirely new plan.
—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
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First Known Use
1611, in the meaning defined above
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