as in math
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
by my calculus the more efficient air conditioner will have paid for itself within a span of five years
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Recent Examples of calculus
But in an informal sense, calculus had already been around for centuries.
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Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Whether any would mount a challenge would depend on whether there is a desire to air a competing broadcast; traditionally the Army-Navy game hasn’t faced stiff competition, though the potential expansion of the College Football Playoff could change the calculus.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Scale also changes the risk calculus.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
As of February, the country’s fossil fuel exports had fallen 19% year on year, although the recent increase in demand due to the Iran war is likely to change that calculus, said Haley.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
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Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Whether any would mount a challenge would depend on whether there is a desire to air a competing broadcast; traditionally the Army-Navy game hasn’t faced stiff competition, though the potential expansion of the College Football Playoff could change the calculus.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Scale also changes the risk calculus.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
As of February, the country’s fossil fuel exports had fallen 19% year on year, although the recent increase in demand due to the Iran war is likely to change that calculus, said Haley.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculus
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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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With a superior code and decoder in hand, Cain, Xu, and Huang developed ways to pull off the intricate manipulations of the real qubits required to perform calculations, all while keeping them protected.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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Her cooperation with Washington reflects strategic calculation and the need to buy time without losing the Chavista base amid geopolitical turbulence.—
Boris Muñoz,
Time,
3 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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“Calculus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculus. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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