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calculate

[kal-kyuh-leyt] / ˈkæl kjəˌleɪt /




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For the future, the FIA is working on an update that would calculate expected car position in the case of an irregular refresh rate from the F1 timing system.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The rate of inflation in the U.S., meanwhile, is too still high, no matter which method is used to calculate the PCE index.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Despite the medium’s many scholars and the mathematicians working hard to calculate box office predictions and forecast trends, film is not an exact science.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

In a March 2025 article, also published in Science, another research team reported using a quantum computer to calculate the dynamics of an especially complex qubit system.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

I quickly stash the three boxes of bioloaf and calculate it will only last us a few months.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The median stock trades at 22 times earnings, compared with 16 times for the equal-weight S&P 500, but that is a relative valuation near 10-year lows, Goldman calculates.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Think tank Niesr calculates exports were 16.9% lower and imports 16.1% less than what could have been expected based on positive pre-2016 trends.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

The Hoover Institution’s Joshua Rauh calculates the tax will cost the state $25 billion in revenue over time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

That stake is now worth about $46 billion, Barron’s calculates.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

She calculates the Indian time on her hands.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

In 1900, German mathematician David Hilbert asked what would become known as Hilbert's Sixth Problem, how the behaviour of a whole can be calculated based on the movement of individual particles.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Chey’s fortune was calculated from a date before SK’s shares jumped in value.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Earlier this month the Kpler consultancy calculated there was a record 1.35 billion barrels of "oil on water" -- product already at sea.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Without getting too complicated into how volatility is calculated, consider this scenario: You’re a money manager and the stock market begins to implode in August.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

This balance, perfectly calculated by Korolev’s team, caused the ship to follow a curved path around Earth—an orbit.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

In an unusually detailed sentencing statement, judge O'Grady noted that calculating punishment parts is "with good reason" much misunderstood by victims and members of the public.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

That’s before calculating expenses for gear, food, water and other vital supplies.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

"We're essentially trying to create a tree that shows both the relationships of all the different species in the tree, while also calculating when those branches probably diverged," Dr. Churchill says.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

The Bed Bath successor had alleged that the blockers were “illusory” and that Hudson Bay “repeatedly dishonored that system, calculating their beneficial ownership in violation of SEC rules.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

If he’d been manipulating Bob into making that choice...well, then, Annabeth was stunned that Percy could be so calculating.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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