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calculator

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


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Take care of the big expenses as soon as possible and then don’t bother bringing out the calculator for smaller bills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson earns about $51 million, giving him a total liability of $24 million on that money, including $5 million in state and local taxes, the calculator says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Murali Annavaram, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, likened AI to a calculator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

He thinks students quickly find alternative calculator options to be more intuitive than the TI-84s.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

He took out his calculator and got to work.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt

There are online calculators that help people calculate their Coast FI numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Still, Texas Instruments has been able to command premium prices for its calculators, largely because many high-schoolers have no choice but to buy them.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 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

Or we can punch the numbers into our calculators and see the error message ourselves.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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