calculation

Example Sentences

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“While positive, the devil is in the detail and we await FirstRand’s calculation of the required provision which we expect in a matter of weeks,” they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

It made its forecast based on the calculation that oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz would remain at about 5% its normal level for another two weeks.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

OpenAI made a different calculation, in his view, concluding that users didn’t care about its relationship with the Pentagon.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

It is a mathematical calculation that feels cold and distant from the pain felt by families devastated by meningitis.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The calculation is similar to the one on false positive results in drug testing, and, like it, demonstrates that misinterpreting fractions can be a matter of life and death.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos