calculation
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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
The date is determined through a calculation known as computus paschalis, literally “computation of Easter” in Latin.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 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
Mathematics is often viewed as a subject for technicians, and mathematical talent is confused with rote skills, elementary programming ability, or speed of calculation.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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