calculating

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Predicting what may happen with the third, before calculating the second, only makes the first step seem even more frenzied.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The solution of indexing capital gains to inflation would correct this distortion by adjusting the original purchase price for inflation before calculating taxable gains, ensuring that only genuine appreciation beyond inflation is subject to taxation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

They are cautious, calculating, and quietly rebuilding their balance sheets after years of shocks, from property losses to pandemic disruptions to an uncertain job market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Subsequently striking up a friendship with Charles Babbage, an inventor and mechanical engineer, Lovelace would become fascinated with his plans to build a complicated calculating machine.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Really, I was just calculating the days until they turned 80.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty