calculate
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Most issuers calculate the minimum monthly payment at somewhere between 1% and 2% of the balance, plus interest.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Its economists calculate that the initial rise in prices spurred a decline in demand of 5.8 million barrels a day, while increased production from the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The chart from Barclays shows a far fewer number of individual companies beating the S&P 500 over the last 12 months, which they calculate at 37%.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
In an environment where economic and political volatility is the norm, Generation Z cannot easily calculate risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Later, Lyra, who was a cartographer, would plot the course and calculate the distance.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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Looking at historical trends, Klement calculates the expected returns from U.S. stocks standing at these valuations are minus 2% over the next decade.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
After nine months of campaigning on the Eastern Front, Mr. Hargreaves calculates, the German forces had suffered one million casualties, “a quarter of them dead or captured.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Former Bank of England independent economist Jonathan Haskel calculates a £29bn or 1.3% reduction in the size of the economy from lower investment than would have been expected since 2016.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Adjust his analysis for the current SpaceX market price and conservatively assume a provision for taxes, and Barron’s calculates a net asset value of $185 to $190 per share.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
She calculates the Indian time on her hands.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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The newly calculated mutation rate does more than clarify the koala's ancient past.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Madison Cercy, a spokesperson for Paxton’s Senate campaign, did not respond to a question about how Paxton calculated his win rate, but said in a statement that his “results speak for themselves.”
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
It calculated payments based on the borrower’s income and family size, in some cases cutting monthly payments to zero.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
But its soaring atriums decorated with onyx and green marble could hardly be better calculated to induce jealousy in Trump, who frequently raves about the opulent dwellings of other foreign leaders.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
If so, he’d have confidence that the machine had calculated his trajectory correctly.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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“Aemond is such a calculating character and everything he does is premeditated. He’s so in control of himself. I found myself offering up the same take every single take.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
One of Wall Street’s most foundational modern beliefs is that the stock market is a cold, calculating machine that assigns values to individual securities with a high degree of precision.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Meanwhile, under a new formula for calculating the Sovereign Grant, the Royal Household will receive £99.9m a year from 2027-2028.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Because the company still uses the disputed cross-border method for calculating its taxes, Coke would likely owe more for 2010 through 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
If Tracy—Mom—hadn’t been there, I probably would have fought with Nadia, who was quite obviously calculating some unspoken communication about Julia and me maintaining our physical and emotional distance from each other.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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