How to Use calculator in a Sentence

calculator

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  • Select ‘levy calculator’ at the top left side of the page.
    Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Go ahead and get out your calculator or use Python and plug in all the values.
    WIRED, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Like the arrival of the calculator in math classes years ago, the tool is not going away.
    David Risher, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • If your child has more than one calculator on the cell phone, that’s trouble.
    Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
  • There’s a built in calculator: type any equation to see the answer and hit Enter to copy it to the clipboard.
    Justin Pot, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The calculator, spellcheck, Google, Wikipedia, YouTube.
    Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • This is the second year Kayak has had a refund calculator.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2023
  • For a precise time of when to look in the sky, use The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s visible planets calculator.
    Megan Marples, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Now, the easiest way to find the moon phase you were born under is to use an online moon phase calculator, such as this one, and punch in your date of birth.
    Aliza Pelto, Women's Health, 10 Sep. 2023
  • One calculator estimates that a 35-year-old who freezes ten mature eggs has a 69% chance of at least one live birth.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The simplest way to compare sizes is to use an online calculator.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Check out the stress calculator before booking your next flight at flightsfinder.com.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Oct. 2023
  • And there are some helpful calculators that can help you get started.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Their prices start at $11.40, but there is no price calculator to quickly estimate the cost.
    Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Think a graphing calculator (yep, the kids are still using those TIs), three-ring binders, and textbook covers.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Yet, race is still embedded as a factor in the calculator.
    Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The best way to get those estimates is to visit a college’s net price calculator and run the numbers for yourself.
    Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • America’s teenagers have a math problem – one that can’t be solved with a few punches on a calculator.
    Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Apr. 2023
  • To figure out the cost, the company has a baggage calculator on its website.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The calculators tell you what your monthly payment would be under each available plan, as well as your long-term costs.
    Adriana Morga, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The best way to get those estimates is to visit a college’s net price calculator and run the numbers yourself.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • One of them could be a sexting app masquerading as a calculator.
    Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
  • They are hidden in a folder with other, more useful apps like the calculator.
    Sarah Lord, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Your first bag — in most markets — will now cost $40 and your second will cost $50, according to the airline’s bag fee calculator.
    Cortlynn Stark, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Use this calculator to see how much of your student loan debt can be forgiven.
    Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • To determine how much your current car is worth, check out Car and Driver's trade in tool calculator.
    Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 21 Dec. 2022
  • And a friend of my mother’s gave me this program that could draw a Mandelbrot set on one of these little graphics calculators.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • And what self-respecting geek smartwatch doesn't come with a calculator app?
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Brophy contrasts them to a calculator, for which 2 plus 2 equals 4 every time.
    Joanna Thompson, Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2022
  • But, no matter how many baubles and lights your tree calls for, this calculator will ensure your holiday is merry and bright!
    Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 28 Nov. 2022

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