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
But the case continued in federal and appellate courts when there was a disagreement about those calculations.
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Julia Coin
june 11, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
Sportico does not count investment income or dividends in these calculations.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
If Kennedy succeeds in killing that system, the same business calculation will apply.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
But recently, that calculation has become more complicated.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
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Julia Coin
june 11, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
Sportico does not count investment income or dividends in these calculations.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
If Kennedy succeeds in killing that system, the same business calculation will apply.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
But recently, that calculation has become more complicated.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for calculation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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Despite fluids’ chaotic math, near-identical whorls and gyres tend to emerge at almost every scale.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 June 2026
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Pressure is mounting from more than 1,400 UC professors, and some internal studies show students performing below high school math levels.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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The model appears able to do novel mathematics and accurately answer tough medical questions, but my own and other users’ tests also found that the program could not reliably count the number of B’s in blueberry, generate even remotely accurate maps, or do basic arithmetic.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
21 Aug. 2025
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The modular form’s numbers only had to be equivalent in the realm of what’s known as clock arithmetic.—
Joseph Howlett,
Wired News,
27 July 2025
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Micro-channel tech The rapid advancement of high-performance AI chips has created a severe energy crisis for data centers, which require massive amounts of electricity both to power intensive computations and to cool down the resulting heat.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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Some philosophers argue that computation can’t give rise to consciousness in principle.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
15 June 2026
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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