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calculation

[kal-kyuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌkæl kyəˈleɪ ʃən /




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It will remain in place until the lower-income tax year is reflected in the annual calculation.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

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

Man isn’t surpassed by the machine, because man isn’t reducible to calculation or mechanical processes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

No, the analogy can’t take us that far; there are no ingredients here, just a calculation you could, in principle, do by hand.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

It was a day when there was something very, very wrong with the landing calculation.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga




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