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calculation

[kal-kyuh-lay-shuhn] / ˌkæl kjəˈleɪ ʃən /




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Their preliminary calculation highlights the potentially enormous scale of the process.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Snowflake’s calculation is fairly straightforward: How many potential customers are there, and how much could each spend?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

This calculation is often described as a “blunder” or “mistake.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

This year, the calculation has also been impacted by heavy haze, which has obscured satellite images at times.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

When a calculation is complete, all the user has to do is look at the final position of the stones and translate that into a number—a pretty straightforward operation.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

If their calculations were still off, the company could miss its window for a fall launch in grocery stores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Although the findings are theoretical and do not establish immediate improvements to specific commercial systems, they offer a better way to approach distance calculations in large networks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

And that cycle is shaping up to be so large as to dwarf those that came before it, by his calculations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

But they are effective debts that need to be factored in to any calculations of the company’s financials or valuations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The larger books on the desk are moving at a less steady pace as Marco goes back and forth between handwritten volumes, scrawling notes and calculations on loose sheets of paper.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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