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calculated

[kal-kyuh-ley-tid] / ˈkæl kyəˌleɪ tɪd /
ADJECTIVE
figured by mathematical calculation
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ADJECTIVE
deliberately planned
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In the summer of 2020, Fortune calculated that she could complete an 80,000 word manuscript by the end of the year if she wrote 488 words a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Meta is also disputing how penalties are calculated when multiple companies owned by the same parent organisation are found jointly liable for breaches.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The team took a series of 10 values, including Thursday’s, and calculated its average to get the rolling 10-days correlation value.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Some royalist leaders, including Lord Capel, removed their hats before execution as a calculated appeal to the crowd.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Because it was obvious, now, that his decision to tell me was a calculated move.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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