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
Today, pi has been computed to over 200 trillion digits, using algorithms whose foundations trace back to Ramanujan’s ideas.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2025
The simulation hypothesis does not have to mean that people in the simulation are only soulless, computed AI inside someone else’s creation.
—Rizwan Virk, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2025
The simulation hypothesis does not have to mean that people in the simulation are only soulless, computed AI inside someone else’s creation.
—Rizwan Virk, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
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.
—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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If a team is calculated — and perhaps more importantly, willing to take a risk — there are opportunities to find very useful pieces that can make quicker impacts than picks or prospects.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Duties include supporting the state’s timber tax program by making sure taxes are calculated accurately.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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But after finishing first in the Smythe Division for six straight seasons from 1981-82 until 1986-87, the Oilers apparently figured that was enough.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Then came salt coffee, when a small coffee shop owner in Huế figured that salt and coffee might make for interesting bedfellows.—
Arundhati Hazra,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Computed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computed. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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