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Recent Examples of compute Every word sent to the AI requires computing power to process and respond to, including names. Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025 To compute stress, an engineer needs to describe the shape of an object. Zachary Del Rosario, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025 The model has less computing power than the more powerful H100 AI chip, which has already been banned for sale to China. John Liu, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025 As more things moved online and computing hardware and chip technology supported faster processing, AI models became attainable to the general public, Acosta said. Paige Gross, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for compute
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Verb
  • In that case, Freedom Debt Relief will calculate the overall amount of debt and develop an affordable plan to help pay off the loan and establish a healthy budget.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • Starting with simple approximations and systematically layering complexity, the researchers calculated key outcomes of black hole flybys: how much they are deflected, how much energy is radiated as gravitational waves and how much the behemoths recoil after the interaction.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • The Mavericks figure to take Flagg and not look back.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Doing so would then free up Scott Harris and Co. to pursue another upgrade at the July 31 trade deadline, when the Tigers figure to be major buyers.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 13 May 2025

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“Compute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compute. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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