- present participle of calculate.
calculating
Example Sentences
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The longstanding problem of calculating one’s location appears to have been solved by the Global Positioning System.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The company said it disagreed with the city’s method for calculating on-call time but would comply with it to avoid further legal battles with the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Sherriff ordered the Labor Department to “promptly produce” a new methodology for calculating H-2A wage rates consistent with his decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
You can test how “nicely” a function moves everything around in space by calculating something called the Jacobian determinant.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
He could feel her watching him in that sardonic, Dimple way she had—eyes calculating, eyebrows slightly furrowed.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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The House of the Scorpion
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Mississippi Trial, 1955
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