How to Use calculus in a Sentence

calculus

noun

• The larger the spread, the riskier the loan, or so goes the calculus.
  — Rob Copeland, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
• The calculus changed with the launch of Bitcoin, in 2009.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
• Golf, the sport Song now plays at Phoenix Xavier Prep, was not part of the calculus.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2021
• The fall of Roe changed not just demand, but the risk calculus.
  — Olivia Goldhill, STAT, 10 Nov. 2022
• That may not change the Fed’s calculus on rate cuts, though.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
• And then the gate agent explained the pitiless calculus of the oversold flight: The man had been the last to check in.
  — Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022
• And that changes the calculus for the defensemen forced to go back for those pucks.
  — Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
• But the war changed the calculus for the Ukrainians and Americans alike.
  — Justin Scheck, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• That seems like an immoral trade off, if that’s the calculus.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• Just a few days into the season, the calculus has changed.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
• How much has this factored into the calculus for the White House?
  — New York Times, 28 May 2021
• One loss — even getting shut out — didn’t change the calculus for Roberts.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
• Pretty good calculus on all sides to get a deal done ...
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
• But the 9th Circuit’s decision in the Duarte case changed the calculus.
  — Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
• But a crisis in the banking sector that emerged last month has changed the calculus.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
• Putting him on the ticket could alter the calculus there.
  — Erin Doherty, Axios, 24 July 2024
• And where does the change of decision calculus come from?
  — CBS News, 24 Nov. 2021
• Part of the calculus the Red Sox must consider with a long-term deal is Bregman’s age.
  — Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
• Zack sends me a calculus gag: a man and a woman are on a date, having a drink.
  — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025
• And that export cost calculus may change in the future.
  — WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022
• With all that in mind, teams with stars on the mend must weigh the delicate calculus about whether to bring them back at all — and if so, when.
  — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022
• How much is looking ahead to a new CBA and a media rights deal in about three years a part of the calculus for today?
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2022
• The idea of using dental calculus—or hardened plaque—to study diseases of the past is not new.
  — Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 2 Nov. 2022
• Part of the calculus is that driving the volume of attempts up should drag the percentages down, if the Nuggets bite.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2025
• As time went on, the whale’s continued refusal to eat began to change the risk calculus for a move.
  — Sam Schechner, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022
• The calculus homework awaiting Megha Ganne might have to wait a couple more days to get done.
  — Josh Dubow, ajc, 5 June 2021
• How does Russell Crowe boarding as Zeus change the calculus for you?
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2022
• But these ever-watching eyes complicate the calculus of what gear to buy, how to move and where to dig in.
  — Colin Demarest, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
• But the political calculus is different for Democrats in the Senate, because their votes will be needed to avoid a shutdown.
  — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
• And whatever mutations the virus gains in the future could change the risk calculus altogether.
  — Will Stone, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025