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
Since then, students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors have had the chance to enroll directly in a calculus class with extra support in the form of a concurrent class.
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Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
More injuries could occur that change the team’s calculus.
—Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Do your Olympic gold and engagement change the calculus at all?
—Sean Gregory, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
The calculus is even more straightforward in heavily partisan districts, where the other party’s presidential candidate may have won by 40 or 50 percentage points in a previous election.
—Charlie Hunt, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
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Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
More injuries could occur that change the team’s calculus.
—Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Do your Olympic gold and engagement change the calculus at all?
—Sean Gregory, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
The calculus is even more straightforward in heavily partisan districts, where the other party’s presidential candidate may have won by 40 or 50 percentage points in a previous election.
—Charlie Hunt, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for calculus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculus
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Alabama, meanwhile, has done the same vis-à-vis math skills, beginning with screening students to spot those in danger of failing, as EdSource notes.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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Still, during the 2024 interview, Thiel argued that even in STEM fields currently untouched by AI automation, using math skills as a bar to entry will fall out of fashion thanks to AI.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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These calculations are computationally intensive and only recently became feasible.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Florida Blue gave me some crazy calculation about meeting out-of-pocket deductibles.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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What sounds like bad arithmetic is correct politics.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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No self-pity in those four words, no performance of stoicism either—just the clean arithmetic of a life lived at full speed.—
Outside,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Calculus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculus. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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