as in math
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
by my calculus the more efficient air conditioner will have paid for itself within a span of five years
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Recent Examples of calculus
The season-ending injuries to Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody, along with the roller coaster experience with newcomer Kristaps Porziņģis, shouldn’t change this calculus.
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Sam Amick, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
But confirmation of Rowland and Molina’s dark calculus came from the bottom of the world in the mid-1980s.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
But an extended war could change that calculus, analysts warned.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Voter approval of the district’s first general obligation bond since 1967 changed the calculus.
—Thomas White, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
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Sam Amick, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
But confirmation of Rowland and Molina’s dark calculus came from the bottom of the world in the mid-1980s.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
But an extended war could change that calculus, analysts warned.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Voter approval of the district’s first general obligation bond since 1967 changed the calculus.
—Thomas White, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculus
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If Pantheon’s math bears out, the increase in gas prices would account for more than two-thirds of the firm’s projected 1% monthly increase in the overall CPI.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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In just a few months, her daughter has advanced two grades in reading and math, which Cone attributes to the school’s personalized curriculum.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Apr. 2026
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Athena frames the crossover appeal as something rooted in performance rather than calculation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
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The new calculation, made at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, could help solve a niggling mystery about this particle’s mass.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
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That figure is the cold arithmetic of economic gravity.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
8 Apr. 2026
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And the cruel arithmetic of the AI moment means the technology eroding one workforce is depending on another workforce that America has spent decades failing to build.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Calculus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculus. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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