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
On Saturday of the event, nearly 30,000 attendees visited Julia Davis Park, according to calculations that account, at least in part, for repeat customers, Gilbert said.
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Michael Deeds
may 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2026
For compensation committees that excluded tariff costs from 2025 incentive calculations, those same costs could theoretically be returned in 2026 or 2027.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
That dubious honor belongs to the period between March 1973 and March 1981, when prices rose a whopping 104%, according to calculations from CNN’s Alicia Wallace.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
The notifications regarding activity timing mostly involve calculations based on that initial questionnaire.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
The new pricing will be applied to drugs purchased through the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and Japan is listed as a reference country for price calculations.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
At its core, redistricting is supposed to reflect population changes, not political calculations.
—Dan Daley, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
That would mark the first withdrawal under this tool since February 2025, according to Bloomberg calculations based on the operation plan released late on Friday.
—Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026
And that's when their calculations revealed that these animals were probably gargantuan — well larger than the giant Pacific octopus, today's biggest member of the family whose arm span often exceeds 13 feet.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
Michael Deeds
may 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2026
For compensation committees that excluded tariff costs from 2025 incentive calculations, those same costs could theoretically be returned in 2026 or 2027.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
That dubious honor belongs to the period between March 1973 and March 1981, when prices rose a whopping 104%, according to calculations from CNN’s Alicia Wallace.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
The notifications regarding activity timing mostly involve calculations based on that initial questionnaire.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
The new pricing will be applied to drugs purchased through the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and Japan is listed as a reference country for price calculations.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
At its core, redistricting is supposed to reflect population changes, not political calculations.
—Dan Daley, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
That would mark the first withdrawal under this tool since February 2025, according to Bloomberg calculations based on the operation plan released late on Friday.
—Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026
And that's when their calculations revealed that these animals were probably gargantuan — well larger than the giant Pacific octopus, today's biggest member of the family whose arm span often exceeds 13 feet.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculations
Noun
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Moderation is not a maths problem to solve, but a behaviour to support.—
Justin Kissinger,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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More variables than a maths textbook.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This architecture is a step toward a single system that can accelerate both sparse and dense computations on the same silicon.—
Olivia Hsu,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Apr. 2026
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Neuroscientists have found that these events at dendrites can allow even single neurons to perform complex computations — meaning that dendrites are the reason why a single neuron can have the same amount of computational power as a deep artificial neural network.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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The meeting between the two dignitaries will won’t include a livestreamed news conference like those the president has hosted with other international figures.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The large monetary figures Ingoglia unveiled during each news conference came from analyses conducted by the state’s Department of Governmental Efficiency team, or DOGE, which had requested budget information from and visited many municipalities across the state.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Calculations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculations. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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