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calculation

[kal-kyuh-lay-shuhn] / ˌkæl kjəˈleɪ ʃən /




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This year, the calculation has also been impacted by heavy haze, which has obscured satellite images at times.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Your final calculation should account for the business’s fair market value.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

That will be a calculation for another time and much will depend on the proximity of polling day.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Used as an estimation of casualties — just put a number in front, “20 NAZA”— it suggests a battle calculation that has permitted the detachment of moral consquences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Gottlieb protested that even without an explicit calculation of wind loads, the buildings were strong enough.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

According to my calculations, I can put about a quarter of my money into defined maturity ETFs, where the ETF liquidates and shuts down in the year you buy it, so it’s held until maturity.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

If SpaceX acquired Tesla, the class structure would remain in place, with Musk owning 37% of the shares of the combined company while retaining 56% of the voting power, according to Levy’s calculations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

That marks an increase of 156,000 people from the end of last year, and accounts for roughly 3.5 percent of Japan's total population, according to calculations based on government estimates.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

By my calculations, with confirmation from chatbot Gemini, I could make it to the lodge without a charging stop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The larger books on the desk are moving at a less steady pace as Marco goes back and forth between handwritten volumes, scrawling notes and calculations on loose sheets of paper.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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