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Recent Examples of computation However, until recently, these computations involved perfect mergers that always resulted in spheres instead of any other shapes. Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026 Whereas most computers use CPUs (central processing units) to perform the majority of their computations, the specialized GPUs (graphical processing units) and TPUs (tensor processing units) used in AI data centers use several times as much energy per computer as a standard CPU would. Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026 But AIs will just happily blast through those tedious computations. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026 Lovable will provide building credits, or tokens, per participant, reducing the cost of AI computation for upper-level programming. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for computation
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Noun
  • In most states, your credit score can be part of the calculation for your insurance premium.
    Liz Knueven, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Of course, a teenager doesn’t make those calculations or consider the cost behind her searches.
    Krys Fluker, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • When a credit card company agrees to forgive or reduce a cardholder's balance, something specific has shifted in the math underlying that account.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The decision bars introductory sociology from the state’s general-education catalog — the set of foundational courses all students must complete, regardless of major, across subjects such as math, science, humanities and social sciences.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But our board, our investors, our unions, our NGO partners, and policymakers saw beyond the arithmetic.
    Paul Polman, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • So drivers are now doing constant frantic mental arithmetic about when to deploy extra energy to go faster and when to recharge — at 200 mph, in traffic.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026

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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.

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