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calculating

[kal-kyuh-ley-ting] / ˈkæl kyəˌleɪ tɪŋ /


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Complicating matters, the traditional way of calculating the cost of mining bitcoin may no longer tell the whole story.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

What’s more, Nasdaq will multiply that percentage float by three-times, in calculating the weight of a low-float addition to the index.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

This may have been because he was a foreigner, or a calculating businessman, but Ms. Goldring makes the case that it was Holbein’s irreplaceable artistic prowess that kept him in the king’s good graces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"We are calculating our steps with extreme precision and working to keep Syria away from any conflict," he said in a speech after Eid al-Fitr prayers in the capital.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

They had been out of power for a long time and were calculating that their way back to power might, with some risks taken, lie on the road I pointed out.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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