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calculus

[kal-kyuh-luhs] / ˈkæl kjə ləs /




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And while that was certainly a part of Beyoncé’s calculus when plotting “Irreemplazable,” she has a personal attachment to Spanish music.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

To this day, his calculus for greenlighting any major production seems to come down to how vastly one’s star power burns.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2026

Zietz tells me he’d rather endure criticism than be dull, but the calculus is different for other leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

So right off the bat, that changes the calculus in your question.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Though Newton broke some very important mathematical rules by toying with the powers of zero and infinity, calculus was so powerful that no mathematician could reject it.

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

Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”.

From Nature Apr. 4, 2019

Midway through Infinite Powers, Steven Strogatz writes that Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”.

From Nature Apr. 1, 2019

Sometimes the passage of the bile is obstructed by calculi, or gall-stones; they have been found in great numbers in oxen.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

The locality, size, and color of vesical calculi have been demonstrated in my own experience.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

Nevertheless, much can be done towards preventing the formation of calculi in those who have a tendency to their formation, by attention to diet, by taking proper exercise, and by the internal administration of drugs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

“Do I think I underestimated some factors and overestimated some others? Sure. Do I think that there were calculations and calculuses that I made? Yes,” Porter went on.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2024




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