calculations

noun

plural of calculation
as in maths
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 calculations The former is akin to the player profits the Premier League and UEFA allow clubs to include in their SCR calculations, but the EFL’s version comes replete with crucial differences. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 By factoring in the size of the survey area along with the distribution of bears within that area into their calculations, Morin said, the team can more accurately determine the density of the bear population. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026 According to the most recent calculations by the Idaho Department of Water Resources, the amount of water needed across southern Idaho to feed crops this past spring ran at nearly 140% of the historical average. — Dan Davidson, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026 According to Fortune’s calculations, 26 of the 2026 Fortune 500 companies were founder-led. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 Part of Ocasio-Cortez’s savvy is in making these difficult calculations visible. — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026 Their calculations indicate that electrifying the cement kiln and directly capturing CO₂ could reduce the climate impact of cement production by up to 78 per cent by 2050. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2026 Of course, calculations, even highly precise ones, are not enough. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026 This glitch marks the latest in a series of administrative failures, following false delinquency notices and incorrect repayment calculations, as major federal student loan reforms are implemented. — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
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  1. maths
  2. computations
  3. figures
Noun
  • From the age of 14, pupils will be able to combine technical subjects like manufacturing and AI with core subjects like maths and English.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 29 July 2026
  • As a school-leaving-age young woman in 2012, simple maths dictates that she must have been conceived around the time of a conflict that was also defined by the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026
Definition of maths
Noun
  • The chip giant started linking its GPUs together in 2016 to make its own supercomputer perfect for running billions of parallel computations for artificial intelligence.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The exponential rate of computations achieved through quantum computers are expected to solve challenges of drug discovery, climate change, and energy security for humanity.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of computations
Noun
  • The universe pairs real-world figures with young protagonists, folklore and mythical beings drawn from across the continent, with the goal of introducing Asian stories to global audiences.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Statues of controversial figures were vandalized and taken down, with more than 160 Confederate works removed from public spaces in 2020.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of figures

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