calculator
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In this case, the object of their ire was the calculator.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Scanning the newspaper, inky fingers and fuzzled minds, scrambling for the calculator and jotting down the codes for Julian Dicks and Juninho.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Now there’s even a new online “jock tax” calculator they can consult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Here’s an extremely simplistic illustration to see how the rent-and-invest versus buy numbers could play out today, using a calculator provided by Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi: A 35-year-old buys a starter home.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Then I hand him the oversized plastic calculator Claire keeps on the desk.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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Kids shouldn’t be on their phones while doing their homework—though they might argue they need them for calculators and other look-ups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
But the New York Regents exams still expect students to have physical calculators, which has limited the ability for schools to go fully digital.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Still, Texas Instruments has been able to command premium prices for its calculators, largely because many high-schoolers have no choice but to buy them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Several breast cancer risk calculators like Boadicea already exist and none are perfect.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The click, click, click of their fingers running across the ten-by-ten gray manual keyboards of their calculators resonated throughout the room.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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