calculation
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At one point, cast member Mikey Day does a rough calculation and estimates that Michaels has read somewhere in the realm of 28,350 sketches.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
“The victim families, sometimes paid, with a calculation that a single payment would protect their family and business in India and the United States as well.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Based on that calculation, it said, it believed damages would be below $150 million.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Second, come up with a view on whether the earnings used in the calculation are normal.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
In the end, early modern science defeated two of the most difficult practical problems it had set itself: the calculation of the path of projectiles under real-life conditions, and the measurement of longitude.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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