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
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s £30million sale to Chelsea boosted the transfer budget and PSR calculation.
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Rob Tanner, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
But this—this internal calculation—is a huge part of it too.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
This failure illustrates an idea that many engineering students learn during their coursework: All engineering calculations are based on models.
—Zachary Del Rosario, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
Generally, if an individual’s income tops $34,000 or a joint return’s income is more than $44,000 under the federal formula for such calculations, up to 85% of their benefits can be subject to taxation.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Rob Tanner, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
But this—this internal calculation—is a huge part of it too.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
This failure illustrates an idea that many engineering students learn during their coursework: All engineering calculations are based on models.
—Zachary Del Rosario, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
Generally, if an individual’s income tops $34,000 or a joint return’s income is more than $44,000 under the federal formula for such calculations, up to 85% of their benefits can be subject to taxation.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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The course is Duolingo's first since its music and math courses were released in 2023.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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There is nothing radical about helping students understand math or U.S. history.—
David Bloomfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Losing 4-1 in the first leg meant the arithmetic of a comeback on Sunday was never going to be easy.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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But in incredibly rough arithmetic, playing both receiver and cornerback in the league would double any chance of injury.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2025
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In some ways, a lot of people see it as a zero-sum game – as computation and technical skills and STEM eclipsing those old disciplines of art, and culture, and language.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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But that same toolbox has applications in enhanced precision measurements, in quantum computation.—
Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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