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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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A person’s walking speed was calculated by taking the average of all available walking-speed measurements up to a year before and after taking a hearing test.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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

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

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Building up a man whose appetite, whose isolation, whose just general hunger to dominate, making that character and then giving him this one lifeline to humanity in Vanessa — that’s all calculated.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

She calculated that the hospital bill for John could run $100,000.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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