as in calculations
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
I haven't actually done the arithmetic yet, but I suspect we're losing money on the deal
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Those same calculations on the remaining vested options, however, would almost certainly produce a number significantly lower than 25% of that original $500 million.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
6 Nov. 2025 -
Political calculations have shaped the conduct of Imran Khan’s trial.—
Rafia Zakaria,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lowering global barriers for advanced maths The company says its Math-V2 model achieved gold-level scores on problems from both this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad and the 2024 Chinese Mathematical Olympiad.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Nov. 2025
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By posing real-life examples of conundrums faced by traders, Fibonacci brought maths to life.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Arithmetics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arithmetics. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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