How to Use calculation in a Sentence

calculation

noun

• The book reveals the cold calculations that were behind the government's policies.
• The computer can do millions of calculations each second.
• Careful calculation is required to determine the required amount of fuel.
• His positions are based on political calculation of what voters want to hear.
• According to experts' calculations, that star will explode within two billion years.
• Geissinger brings both folksy charm and dark calculation to the role.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
• And that’s where this apron rule needs a new calculation.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 25 June 2026
• And that gap means calculations can get weird.
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026
• The risk comes when the calculation stops there.
  — Andrea Hill, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• So that was part of the calculation.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Dec. 2025
• June 1 is a key date in that calculation.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
• That brings us to the question of what all these calculations mean.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
• Body mass index is a calculation based on height and weight.
  — Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
• Why is that the main calculation?
  — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
• With Jay, calculation is part of the text.
  — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2026
• Was that part of the calculation?
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
• The best way to begin any of these is to do a couple quick calculations.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
• No wind meant no wind drift calculation was needed for a high shoulder hold.
  — David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
• The cost at your local gas station comes from a string of calculations.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
• Some of the precincts used in the calculation fall within more than one school district.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
• So all of these things, this is not back of the, these are not back of the envelope calculations.
  — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
• But scientists who have done those calculations say those costs may be high.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
• That’s the calculation teams are making right now.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
• So, all of these things – this is not back of the – these are not back of the envelope calculations.
  — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
• The head coach’s opinion of them was only part of their calculation.
  — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• Instead, the answer can vary each time the calculation is run.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2021
• What does that do to your humanity and to your soul to have to make those calculations?
  — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 22 Dec. 2025
• Yet the calculation of the price is anything but upfront.
  — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
• Health care is a legal duty — not a risk calculation.
  — Jude Clinchard, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
• Here are a few things to consider in your calculations.
  — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025