calculation

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Last year, America’s total fertility rate fell to 1.57 births per woman, according to a Wall Street Journal calculation using provisional CDC data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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 was not made with reference to vast historical or geological shifts—the fall of civilizations, the erosion of mountains.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover