calculate
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The study is the first to calculate how much the constellations of big and particularly bright satellites being planned would impact astronomical observations by making the night sky brighter.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
What we have also seen this year is a bull market driven by earnings increases — or increases in analysts’ rolling 12-month earnings-per-share estimates, which are used to calculate forward price-to-earnings ratios.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
Researchers then combined measurements from telescopes around the world to determine the planets' sizes and masses, allowing them to calculate their exceptionally low densities.
From Science Daily • Jun. 27, 2026
State prison data is so difficult to access that it’s tough to calculate the country’s three-year recidivism rate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
It really bothered Emma that she couldn’t calculate the odds, because of not knowing all the possible names in the world.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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