calculate

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This allowed them to calculate both its distance and its motion through the Milky Way.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

The plan also suggests getting rid of GPA as an internal metric, instead using percentile rank to calculate honors like cum laude recognition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

A closely watched measure called the control group—which strips out autos, gasoline, building materials, and restaurant meals and is used to calculate gross domestic product—rose 0.5%, well above the 0.3% economists had expected.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Tax software from H&R Block, TurboTax and others will automatically import last year’s data, import W-2s and 1099s, calculate deductions, check for errors, and transfer federal data to state returns.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

One small changed family doesn’t calculate into a world that has been spinning for a billion years.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson