calculation
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Each call carries an unspoken calculation - how much to reassure, how firmly to say it.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
In theory, the per-share price of each type of fund should reflect the fair value of the fund’s assets less any debt, a calculation known as net-asset value.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
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
When a calculation is complete, all the user has to do is look at the final position of the stones and translate that into a number—a pretty straightforward operation.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing calculation
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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Number and Operations in Base Ten
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