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calculus

[kal-kyuh-luhs] / ˈkæl kjə ləs /




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"That has at least been a part of the calculus of why Mexican cartels have escalated their operations in Africa. That to say though, it is only part of the story," said Griego.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

If businesses and households begin treating 3% or 4% inflation as normal, the calculus changes.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

It is a calculus playing out across the tech industry as a new generation of AI-powered coding assistants transforms how software gets built.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

All these decades later, I understand the calculus but remain baffled by that reasoning.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Newton waited nearly thirty years before publishing a full account of his discovery of calculus; no one could have seemed less interested in claiming priority.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

A less common constituent of urinary calculi is the insoluble oxalate of lime.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

The treatment of vesical calculi by other means than operative surgery is of little value.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

Trilabe, trī′lāb, n. a three-pronged surgical instrument for removing calculi from the bladder.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

“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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