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
However, calculations on the fallout from atmospheric detonations forced scientists to rethink this.
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Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Tariffs have also changed businesses’ calculations on what is or isn’t profitable anymore.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
The legislature responded by changing premium calculations, which triggered higher fees for many enrollees.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
The league sees them as transactions that result in zero net revenue, while the union is adamant that they should be included in any revenue calculations, sources said.
—Ben Pickman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
The town sees some daylight in the financial calculations it's made, says its estimates are conservative.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
By some calculations, the oversupply is approximately 2 million barrels per day, twice Venezuela's total current daily production.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Those same calculations on the remaining vested options, however, would almost certainly produce a number significantly lower than 25% of that original $500 million.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Political calculations have shaped the conduct of Imran Khan’s trial.
—Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Tariffs have also changed businesses’ calculations on what is or isn’t profitable anymore.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
The legislature responded by changing premium calculations, which triggered higher fees for many enrollees.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
The league sees them as transactions that result in zero net revenue, while the union is adamant that they should be included in any revenue calculations, sources said.
—Ben Pickman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
The town sees some daylight in the financial calculations it's made, says its estimates are conservative.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
By some calculations, the oversupply is approximately 2 million barrels per day, twice Venezuela's total current daily production.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Those same calculations on the remaining vested options, however, would almost certainly produce a number significantly lower than 25% of that original $500 million.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Political calculations have shaped the conduct of Imran Khan’s trial.
—Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculations
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Lowering global barriers for advanced maths The company says its Math-V2 model achieved gold-level scores on problems from both this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad and the 2024 Chinese Mathematical Olympiad.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Nov. 2025
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By posing real-life examples of conundrums faced by traders, Fibonacci brought maths to life.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, increasing qubits also increases the errors that are incorporated during computations.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Dec. 2025
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Somewhere within those broad frontal and temporal areas, everybody will have some tissue that is reliably doing linguistic computations.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
5 Dec. 2025
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Western counterparts often acknowledge them privately, even as public backlash from some European institutions and media figures ensued against Rubio’s candor.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Mean Green’s best football season ever wasn’t even over before the major figures from that team left, or announced their intentions to bounce ASAP; when the season did end, moments after UNT defeated San Diego State to win the New Mexico Bowl, is when the great Denton flood began.—
Mac Engel
January 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Calculations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculations. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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