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
States such as Colorado have started publishing yearly reports on the monetary payoff of college, and Texas now factors it into calculations for how much taxpayer money goes to community colleges.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Schumer insists his hard-line shutdown stance isn't driven by political calculations.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
But calculations that took Starship Version 2’s performance into account estimated that figure could be far higher — perhaps requiring as many as 40 tankers, according to one former NASA official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Based on calculations from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator, the solar installation is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to burning 621,480 gallons of gasoline each year.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
The final version, which retained the calculations published in the draft report, was completed shortly before the EPA announced its intention in May to rescind and reconsider limits on the amount of PFNA and several other forever chemicals allowed in drinking water.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
The Department of Education previously cited a need to update forgiveness calculations in response to court activity tied to these evolving policies.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Plenty of coaching staffs will continue to subtly deploy zones in an effort to squeeze out a few extra stops, and maybe the trends are pointing toward a shift in the strategic calculations of coaches across the country that might show up when teams need it most this coming season.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The country’s leaders, ostensibly engineers, got their calculations disastrously wrong and built too much of everything, including high-speed rail.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Schumer insists his hard-line shutdown stance isn't driven by political calculations.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
But calculations that took Starship Version 2’s performance into account estimated that figure could be far higher — perhaps requiring as many as 40 tankers, according to one former NASA official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Based on calculations from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator, the solar installation is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to burning 621,480 gallons of gasoline each year.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
The final version, which retained the calculations published in the draft report, was completed shortly before the EPA announced its intention in May to rescind and reconsider limits on the amount of PFNA and several other forever chemicals allowed in drinking water.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
The Department of Education previously cited a need to update forgiveness calculations in response to court activity tied to these evolving policies.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Plenty of coaching staffs will continue to subtly deploy zones in an effort to squeeze out a few extra stops, and maybe the trends are pointing toward a shift in the strategic calculations of coaches across the country that might show up when teams need it most this coming season.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The country’s leaders, ostensibly engineers, got their calculations disastrously wrong and built too much of everything, including high-speed rail.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculations
Noun
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Make daily physical activity as routine as maths and reading.—
William Warr,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Replicating those buffers of points in the bag before the turn of the year would put Leeds ahead of the maths and perhaps turn their springtime fixtures into a matter of consolidation rather than a scramble for survival.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And it’s now known that origami can be used to perform all sorts of computations.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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According to the team, these computations should make the system feasible for industrial-scale use.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many of them had easy access to government offices that enabled them to obtain genuine Syrian passports with fake names, according to former employees and regime figures.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Evans said he wasn’t thwarted by the brand’s adoption among Robinson and other political figures because of their lowbrow tastes.—
Steve Salter,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Calculations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculations. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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