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 Executives across all industries currently confront a complex calculus. Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025 For banks in the regional tier – who continue to see an upward trend in non-performing loans – the calculus is cold: Scale up aggressively through strategic M&A or prepare to become someone else’s synergy. Michael Abbott, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025 But that calculus thrusts all sides into a perpetual game of cat-and-mouse, with Iran going to ever-greater lengths to conceal its activities while the U.S. and Israel keep watching for Tehran’s maneuverings. Nabih Bulos foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025 There’s an actual path to decisive success, and that can change the political calculus in Washington. Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for calculus
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  • For a lot of young professionals, the math isn’t mathing.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 July 2025
  • Lehrer retired from performing in the 70s, turning to teaching math.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 July 2025
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  • When Anthropic silently added additional weekly usage limits to Claude Code, power users were left befuddled, claiming the company’s calculation of usage was inaccurate.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • The savings projected under Biden were even larger after including purchase incentives in the calculations.
    Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 31 July 2025
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  • In the screwy arithmetic of my mind, more time meant more aspiration.
    Dan Leach July 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
  • The regulations’ unanimous passage in 2022 followed a New York Times investigation detailing widespread educational failures — including young boys who graduated unable to speak English fluently or do basic arithmetic — and allegations of corporal punishment in some of the schools.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025

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“Calculus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculus. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.

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