calculus
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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
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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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