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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 Errors can accumulate during calculations, eventually making results unreliable. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 Huang and his colleagues mapped out the landscape using data from RNA-sequencing experiments and theoretical calculations. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Since then, the consumer business has grown to around $51 billion in 2025, or 39% of total revenue, according to CNBC calculations. — Matthew Tan,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 However, the Houthis’ calculations now extend far beyond Yemen, increasingly shaped by Tehran’s war and its negotiations with Washington. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 There’ll be fast post-midterm calculations of which Democrats and Republicans endorsed, and campaigned for, the most winners in congressional races. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The exact chemical makeup of the raw material that became Earth and Mars is unknown, so the calculations depend on assumptions, the study notes. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Per the center’s calculations, a family of four buying a home in Madera County would have to earn no more than $166,800 a year, while a family in Santa Clara County could earn up to $375,800 a year and still qualify. — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Our quantum calculations told us that a hydrogen atom was tunneling, which increased the reaction’s efficiency. — Sophya Garashchuk, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

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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

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Instead of performing computations entirely through conventional electronic circuits, Q/C’s approach uses the interference of light to carry out certain mathematical operations.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Crucially, the weights governing these computations are not individually designed by humans.

— Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of computations

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The Justice Department also says Beijing is determined to sway American public opinion in its favor by cultivating relationships with political figures seen as having access to the levers of power.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Forty-five percent of adults 30 to 44 say the same; both figures have declined in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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