calculator
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Murali Annavaram, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, likened AI to a calculator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
He said he viewed it as a tool, much like a calculator to do math, and he isn’t a professional writer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
He sees it as akin to relying on a speechwriter or a calculator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Free tools like Desmos solve accessibility issues for Townsend Harris, where it’s “just not a reality” for every student to buy a TI-84 calculator.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Radar’s job, which he begins with the calculator on his handheld, is Research and Calculations.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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Kids shouldn’t be on their phones while doing their homework—though they might argue they need them for calculators and other look-ups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
There are online calculators that help people calculate their Coast FI numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Several breast cancer risk calculators like Boadicea already exist and none are perfect.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Electronic calculators, for instance, may have helped users solve equations -- but left the method and reasoning process in human hands.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The women mathematicians dominated their mechanical calculators the same way the test pilots dominated their mechanical planes.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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