as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
he wasn't very good at ciphering, but he had excellent language skills
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as in calculating
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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Noun
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But cynical calculation gives way to transformative sense of purpose and perhaps redemption.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026 -
The city of Dallas’ Electrical Permit Checklist is publicly available, but electricians will typically submit the permit application on your behalf, along with a site plan, load calculations and their licensing credentials.—
Julianna Chen,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Warsh and Druckenmiller don’t tell us his or her income or lifespan, essential factors in calculating one’s Social Security return.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The association also argued that calculating risk based on hypothetical annual consumption levels could create unnecessary alarm and confusion.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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This arithmetic explains why AI is being treated as a recession strategy rather than a moonshot.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The cold arithmetic of politics suggests none of these options end well.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And the Rebels, after some early struggles, are suddenly figuring some things out, evidenced by a 10-point win at Utah State on Tuesday in a game they were projected to lose by 16.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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Lost amid the euphoria of the first relevant Sharks season in a good long while is the fact that this team is still a collection of kids figuring things out on the fly.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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But currency is a wildcard in the ranking math.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
29 Jan. 2026
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Maybe Napoleon was busy eating tater tots during math class.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Indeed, cloud-computing giant Oracle borrowed $25 billion in order to provide compute for OpenAI, with analysts warning that its huge debt was weighing on its stock.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Efficient, low power consumption edge computing to learn and implement intelligent decision making has evolved substantially.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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In explaining the rationale for the deal, Musk said in the statement that the least expensive way to do AI computations within two to three years will be in space.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Quantum computations can be described as extremely large tensors—mathematical structures far too big for direct classical simulation.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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