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calculator

[kal-kyuh-ley-ter] / ˈkæl kjəˌleɪ tər /


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As high-school math students gear up to buy the newest version of Texas Instruments’ TI-84 graphic calculator, cheaper upstarts are trying to break the company’s decades-old grip on the market.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

They used a risk calculator called Boadicea that combines factors such as family history, lifestyle, reproductive history and genetic information to give a risk score.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Almost every financial calculator you will use will also want this information, too.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Well, it’s time to take off your home-team jersey, grab your calculator and take our business of sports test.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

I looked at one of those baby websites online and there was a due date calculator.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

In the 1980s, while Sharp, HP and Casio marketed their scientific calculators to professionals, Texas Instruments was focused on penetrating the education space.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

There are plenty of retirement calculators that can help you there.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 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

No one would confuse the women who used mechanical calculators to process research data with the room-sized electronic devices that performed the same function.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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