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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Recent Examples of calculation
Memristors can perform these calculations physically through electrical behavior, potentially enabling faster and more energy-efficient AI processing.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
The damages calculation included $7 million in punitive damages, meaning damages intended to punish the NBA.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2026
For example, a parent borrower with annual earnings under $30,000 would have a $0 monthly payment on IBR, according to calculations provided by Kantrowitz.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Moore said the spike in voucher use — which jumped after a 2023 law made all students, not just those in low-income families or with disabilities, eligible — has changed district enrollment calculations.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
The damages calculation included $7 million in punitive damages, meaning damages intended to punish the NBA.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2026
For example, a parent borrower with annual earnings under $30,000 would have a $0 monthly payment on IBR, according to calculations provided by Kantrowitz.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Moore said the spike in voucher use — which jumped after a 2023 law made all students, not just those in low-income families or with disabilities, eligible — has changed district enrollment calculations.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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But the math behind the former is even rarer than the sentence.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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There’s no underlying asset generating earnings or interest, and over time, the math tends to favor the house.—
byDoug Ashburn,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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And the cruel arithmetic of the AI moment means the technology eroding one workforce is depending on another workforce that America has spent decades failing to build.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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So drivers are now doing constant frantic mental arithmetic about when to deploy extra energy to go faster and when to recharge — at 200 mph, in traffic.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Other milestones include higher qubit counts — which increase the potential size and complexity of problems a quantum computer can represent and help solve — and coherence times, which allow more reliable computations by reducing the impact of noise and errors.—
Dylan Butts,Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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About that same time, Chinese scholars were compiling the Jiuzhang Suanshu, a mathematical treatise focused on solving practical problems with computation.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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