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Recent Examples of calculation Over the subsequent five years, the stock prices of the five companies have all more than tripled with the best performer surging more than 500%, according to JPMorgan's calculations. Yun Li, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025 Picasso looked up the circular column to the lights of the bank lobby above, as if doing calculations in his head. Christopher C. Gorham september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025 Senate Democrats, with the powers of the filibuster, have a different calculation to make, since their votes decide the success or failure of the bill. Al Weaver, The Hill, 27 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, in the Irish west, Edward’s quickly making good on his promise to help the poor of Cloonboo, but there’s some calculation there, too. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for calculation
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Noun
  • The math problem To be sure, Dalio’s framework stresses that not all debt is created equal.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • His mother was his Spanish study buddy, and his father helped him with math.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Simple arithmetic such as 355/113 could be calculated in place by selecting the text and pressing USE FRONT-CALC (Control-G), which yields the answer with a dotted underline to indicate the result of a computation.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The arithmetic of the French National Assembly – the key hurdle to getting any budget passed – hasn’t changed with a new prime minister.
    Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And it’s now known that origami can be used to perform all sorts of computations.
    Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In other words, the future belongs to human originality, not computation.
    Big Think, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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