as in calculated
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 computed
The alternative proposition is emergence, which states that qualitatively novel properties are found in more complex systems that can never, even in principle, be derived or computed from fundamental laws, principles, and entities.
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Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025
To check that, Lai and his colleagues computed the most optimal task allocations, schedules, and motions in a few simplified work cells and compared those with results delivered by RoboBallet.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Administrators then questioned them, computed risk scores and decided who to detain.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
An average percentage of Democratic and Republican votes could be computed.
—Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025
To check that, Lai and his colleagues computed the most optimal task allocations, schedules, and motions in a few simplified work cells and compared those with results delivered by RoboBallet.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Administrators then questioned them, computed risk scores and decided who to detain.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
An average percentage of Democratic and Republican votes could be computed.
—Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computed
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These payments are in part calculated by work history and income but also are adjusted every year based on the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W).—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Using Zumper for rent prices, the salary needed to afford a typical studio apartment in each city was calculated.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Higginbotham figured one way to unpack his journey would be to talk about it even more.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Saudi heritage and national pride figured across many collections, with geometric rooflines a graphic detail on the loose men’s alterna-suiting from Noble & Fresh, and odes to various regions spelled out in spirals of Arabic characters on Hindamme’s second-skin dresses.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Computed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computed. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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