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calculating

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


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It matters because of what it signals to every other newsroom watching — every executive calculating the cost of compliance versus resistance, every journalist wondering whether their employer will protect them.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

Musk's lawyers seized on the entries to portray Brockman as a calculating opportunist.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The budget airline group came up with the $2.5 billion figure by calculating how much more they estimate spending on jet fuel this year compared with their earlier forecasts, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

By calculating the strength of the star's wind and tracking how much the jets were deflected, researchers were able to determine the jets' power at a specific moment.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Cat looked at Chicken hard, her brain calculating how long it would take to reach him.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn




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