as in calculated
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total
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The report also calculated the amount of PFNA that people could be exposed to without being harmed — a critical measurement that can be used to set limits for cleaning up PFNA contamination in Superfund sites and for removing the chemical from drinking water.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
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Another voice is former Obama administration economist Jason Furman, on the faculty at Harvard, who calculated in late September that without data centers, those GDP figures would look a bit different.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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To check that, Lai and his colleagues computed the most optimal task allocations, schedules, and motions in a few simplified work cells and compared those with results delivered by RoboBallet.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Administrators then questioned them, computed risk scores and decided who to detain.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Still, Pages figured the moment would find him.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Comet figured it out in one try and signed me up in a couple of minutes.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Ciphered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphered. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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