calculating

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At first blush, his lifetime Wins Above Replacement of 0.3 would indicate that he’s little better than the fictional minor league “replacement player” to which MLB players are compared in calculating the statistic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Even if there was a formula for calculating the value of a departing member’s interest, such provisions must be carried out fairly and in good faith.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

The challenge in calculating the muon's behavior came largely from the strong force, the most powerful of the four known fundamental forces.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

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

By calculating backwards from how much radiation a material had now and how swiftly it was decaying, you could work out its age.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson