calculation
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The Cleveland Fed’s median PCE inflation rate calculation External link, which ranks the components of PCE inflation and picks the one in the middle, measured 2.8% year over year in April.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
So with the average cost of raising a single child costing more and more, young people make a reasonable calculation on how many children are worth having.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
If you think writing out a math calculation with pen and paper is enough to create consciousness, you have far more faith in mathematics than I do.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
"The prediction combines electromagnetic, weak and strong forces, that each require vastly different theoretical tools, into a single calculation that's accurate to parts per billion," Fodor said.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Realizing that his next move might ruin his life, Bobby, whose life on the chessboard had always been about preparation and calculation, decided that people in desperate positions must take desperate chances.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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