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
Some were even arguing that the calculations of a plastic item’s impact should begin with oil and gas extraction, meaning the harm done by a throwaway fork, for example, would include not just its manufacture and disposal but the drilling and petrochemical processing that created the plastic.
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Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
In an interview, McCalip says his initial rough calculations a few years ago suggested that data centers in space would cost in the range of 7 to 10 times more, per gigawatt of capacity, than their terrestrial counterparts.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026
Smith’s bill would bar trade secret designations for any financial information used in the calculation or justification of insurance rates, restoring the previously public nature of the rate-setting process.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Why is that the main calculation?
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
In an interview, McCalip says his initial rough calculations a few years ago suggested that data centers in space would cost in the range of 7 to 10 times more, per gigawatt of capacity, than their terrestrial counterparts.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026
Smith’s bill would bar trade secret designations for any financial information used in the calculation or justification of insurance rates, restoring the previously public nature of the rate-setting process.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Why is that the main calculation?
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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Alabama, meanwhile, has done the same vis-à-vis math skills, beginning with screening students to spot those in danger of failing, as EdSource notes.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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Still, during the 2024 interview, Thiel argued that even in STEM fields currently untouched by AI automation, using math skills as a bar to entry will fall out of fashion thanks to AI.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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What sounds like bad arithmetic is correct politics.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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No self-pity in those four words, no performance of stoicism either—just the clean arithmetic of a life lived at full speed.—
Outside,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
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The consequences of such an error, in the context of a computation where there is no cross-checking in place, can range from unnoticeable to catastrophic.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Feb. 2026
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But AIs will just happily blast through those tedious computations.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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