calculation
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That calculation doesn't include other elements of the bill that are expected to increase.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
For this calculation, it used the personal consumption expenditure or PCE index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, and compared likely prices in this year’s fourth quarter with those a year earlier.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
A similar calculation is in play in Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The date is determined through a calculation known as computus paschalis, literally “computation of Easter” in Latin.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
So one would know one had the right answer only if someone else repeated the calculation and got the same answer, and that did not seem very likely!
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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