as in math
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
by my calculation, it should take me a month to save up for the weekend getaway
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Recent Examples of calculation
At Ross Stores, the compensation committee approved a similar adjustment on May 21, 2025, the proxy states, stripping tariff costs from calculations used to determine bonuses and long-term incentive payouts.
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Meet the man whose calculations quietly determine how, and whether, your next flight takes off.
—Toni Odejimi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Math was never my greatest subject, but that’s my calculation.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
His billions in stock never entered the calculation.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Meet the man whose calculations quietly determine how, and whether, your next flight takes off.
—Toni Odejimi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Math was never my greatest subject, but that’s my calculation.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
His billions in stock never entered the calculation.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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Zevik Glidai, a 78-year-old math teacher and volunteer ambulance driver, discovered coils of the translucent fiber-optic cables surrounding a drone that crashed into his backyard in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on April 13.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Burton brought in a stethoscope, a scale, and a thermometer so that children could use the numbers for a math activity and demystify doctors’ visits.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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Just a few years after the arrival of ZF, Kurt Gödel showed that no axiomatic system capable of basic arithmetic can be used to prove its own consistency.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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The arithmetic does not come close to closing a gap of this magnitude even under the most optimistic assumptions.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Neuroscientists have found that these events at dendrites can allow even single neurons to perform complex computations — meaning that dendrites are the reason why a single neuron can have the same amount of computational power as a deep artificial neural network.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Thus processor is the world’s first neural-net compute-in-memory AI audio chip, which is smaller than traditional chips, and requires less power to run complex computations.—
John Higgins,
The Verge,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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