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calculus

[kal-kyuh-luhs] / ˈkæl kjə ləs /




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While the prediction proved prescient, Musk’s investment has changed the calculus.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

AT&T was the last of the major telecommunications stocks that Bernstein analyst Laurent Yoon recommended to his clients, but now SpaceX has changed that calculus.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

They unpack David Ellison’s calculus, the potential ripple effects, and more.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026

A growing list of threats, from violence to vandalism, has changed the calculus for what’s acceptable in public life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I’d like to learn calculus too,” she said.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”.

From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2019

Midway through Infinite Powers, Steven Strogatz writes that Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”.

From Nature ● Apr. 1, 2019

Preparation.—There are two kinds of renal calculi, the phosphatic and the uric, which should be triturated as separate preparations.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

The discharge of calculi kept up for nearly a week, under the use of the Epigea, and then ceased, and with it all the symptoms of irritation of the bladder.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

“Do I think I underestimated some factors and overestimated some others? Sure. Do I think that there were calculations and calculuses that I made? Yes,” Porter went on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024


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