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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Now more than ever, the cost of a delay is a calculation more airline passengers will have to make.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
29 May 2026 -
Advertisement Households face their own version of this calculation.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Framed in my room was a pre-Hispanic calculating tool that was made from colorful strings and beads.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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But getting from the ground state to a full mathematical description of the reaction will be far more difficult, involving calculating energies for a whole sequence of intermediate chemical states.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The arithmetic is straightforward.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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The arithmetic is straightforward.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
Verb
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The very behaviors that created their success—stepping up, taking on more, figuring it out—are the same ones that eventually lead to overwhelm.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The eternally optimistic Canales still seems bullish on Legette figuring things out, but a disappointing start to the season could land him on the trading block by October.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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To be eligible, participants must be 18 years or older, have completed at least an 8th‑grade level of math and hold a high school diploma or GED.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
4 June 2026
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Yeung excelled in math at school, and software engineering felt like a natural career path after her older brother suggested it.—
Mike Winters
Mickey Todiwala,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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The partnership will bring together that experience with Microsoft’s expertise in AI models and its cloud computing resources.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Together, Project Solara and Scout offer a glimpse into Microsoft’s vision of a future where AI agents become the primary gateway to digital experiences, replacing many of the app-centric workflows that define computing today.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Probabilistic computing is a field of computer science and AI that focuses on the study and implementation of probabilistic algorithms, models, and methods for computation.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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While the most intense tasks may still need to be sent to the cloud for data center-level computations, most will no doubt be able to run locally, reducing latency and cost while increasing reliability, runtime, and security.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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