as in to calculate
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
for the test we were required to compute the answers without using a calculator
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Recent Examples of compute
Nokia, best known for selling mobile network parts, has been pushing into data centers — a business that’s growing thanks to the growing demand for computing capacity from the artificial intelligence boom.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Managing this amount of data is extremely difficult and requires massive amounts of computing power, but the information is becoming more accurate every day as the number of sightings increase.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Citing unnamed sources, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the White House is considering taking a stake in several quantum computing companies to share in the upside of the technology.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The Senior Citizens League said a simple option to reform Social Security COLAs would be to calculate them using the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly instead of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which the government currently uses to compute COLAs.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Managing this amount of data is extremely difficult and requires massive amounts of computing power, but the information is becoming more accurate every day as the number of sightings increase.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Citing unnamed sources, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the White House is considering taking a stake in several quantum computing companies to share in the upside of the technology.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The Senior Citizens League said a simple option to reform Social Security COLAs would be to calculate them using the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly instead of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which the government currently uses to compute COLAs.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compute
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The tastemaker brings to light a particularly poignant anecdote to illustrate the fact that her style decisions in the White House were nothing if not calculated — in many cases exerting a certain degree of soft power.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Thompson is perfectly paired with Wilson, an actor who can go from disheveled wallflower to calculating plotter to deer-in-the-headlights comic fighter with a widening of the eye or twisting of the lips.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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Hopefully, the Browns can begin figuring things out throughout the remainder of the season.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Gipson figures to take Basham’s spot in the rotation.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Compute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compute. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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