as in math
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
by my calculation, it should take me a month to save up for the weekend getaway
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Plus, the resulting tariffs should be a quarter lower than stated because the Trump administration erred in its calculations by undervaluing how the duty could impact items’ import prices, noted economists for the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
But if companies are forced to move their labor to more expensive countries, like the U.S., that cost-benefit calculation changes drastically.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Geissinger brings both folksy charm and dark calculation to the role.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
According to calculations published in The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment, over 350 million vertebrate animals are killed on U.S. roads every year.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
But if companies are forced to move their labor to more expensive countries, like the U.S., that cost-benefit calculation changes drastically.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Geissinger brings both folksy charm and dark calculation to the role.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
According to calculations published in The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment, over 350 million vertebrate animals are killed on U.S. roads every year.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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The course is Duolingo's first since its music and math courses were released in 2023.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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There is nothing radical about helping students understand math or U.S. history.—
David Bloomfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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But in incredibly rough arithmetic, playing both receiver and cornerback in the league would double any chance of injury.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2025
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In the arithmetic of GDP, this depresses the growth rate.—
Axios,
Axios,
28 Mar. 2025
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Apple Intelligence, introduced last fall for the iPhone 16 series, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, plus all current Macs and most iPads, does a lot of its computation on-device.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The ball’s exit from the bottom of the box marks the end of the computation, with the final location as the result.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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