calculus
Example Sentences
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“It seems for Jews that there is a calculus of the lesser of evils,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Mortgage rates ticked higher last week, continuing their march above 6% and potentially complicating the calculus for buyers and sellers at the beginning of a spring season that had been showing green shoots.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
New York, California and Tennessee are some of biggest markets for live music in world, and that could change the calculus here enormously.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
For the owners, however, the calculus on all of this is quite different.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026
She’s stretched out on the bed in her Bras Prep lacrosse shorts and a T-shirt, with an open calculus book in her lap.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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