- present participle of calculate.
calculating
Example Sentences
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Ahmed: It wasn’t that careerist and calculating, to be honest.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
A closed-end fund invested in liquid stocks will not have a problem calculating its NAV.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
This layer smooths the input data before calculating changes, avoiding the instability caused by traditional methods.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
Under cross-examination by OpenAI attorney Sarah Eddy, Brockman sought to reframe diary entries that Musk's lawyers had used the previous day to portray him as a calculating opportunist.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Really, I was just calculating the days until they turned 80.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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