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
Recordings left behind reveal his cold calculation, lack of remorse, and belief that guilt is a toxic emotion that should not dictate human behavior.
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Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
For example, an individual filer who earns $100,000 in 2026 will owe approximately $13,170 in federal income tax — which is $279 less than that taxpayer would have owed the year before, according to NBC News calculations.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
In 2019, Google’s 54-qubit Sycamore quantum computer performed a calculation in 200 seconds that the company estimated would take Summit, the world’s most powerful supercomputer at that time, 10,000 years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2025
Organizers used a variety of methods to estimate attendance at the protests, including aerial photography analysis, calculations based on crowd density and police counts.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
For example, an individual filer who earns $100,000 in 2026 will owe approximately $13,170 in federal income tax — which is $279 less than that taxpayer would have owed the year before, according to NBC News calculations.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
In 2019, Google’s 54-qubit Sycamore quantum computer performed a calculation in 200 seconds that the company estimated would take Summit, the world’s most powerful supercomputer at that time, 10,000 years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2025
Organizers used a variety of methods to estimate attendance at the protests, including aerial photography analysis, calculations based on crowd density and police counts.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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Florida’s chief financial officer brought his tax-cut campaign to Miami on Thursday, using some basic math to insist the city spends too much on salaries and services.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Other farm animals were inside a school, eating the math books.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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From computation to creation In one recent demonstration, an autonomous lab produced 41 new compounds in 17 days, all first proposed by AI.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, in 2024, Google’s 105-qubit Willow chip performed a benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take Frontier, the fastest supercomputer then, 10 septillion (or 1025) years.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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