as in math
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
by my calculus the more efficient air conditioner will have paid for itself within a span of five years
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Recent Examples of calculus
The task for the United States and its allies is to keep the calculus in Beijing the same.
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Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
Part of the calculus was recognizing how much affection people still had for both the characters in the movie and the actors who played the characters in the movie and an assessment of what a reunion of those characters would feel like.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Considering the tension that swept through the third floor of the TCO Performance Center in the months leading up to Adofo-Mensah’s removal, this should not be taken for granted in ownership’s overall calculus.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The cancer reweighted his psychic calculus.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
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Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
Part of the calculus was recognizing how much affection people still had for both the characters in the movie and the actors who played the characters in the movie and an assessment of what a reunion of those characters would feel like.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Considering the tension that swept through the third floor of the TCO Performance Center in the months leading up to Adofo-Mensah’s removal, this should not be taken for granted in ownership’s overall calculus.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The cancer reweighted his psychic calculus.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculus
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Zevik Glidai, a 78-year-old math teacher and volunteer ambulance driver, discovered coils of the translucent fiber-optic cables surrounding a drone that crashed into his backyard in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on April 13.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Burton brought in a stethoscope, a scale, and a thermometer so that children could use the numbers for a math activity and demystify doctors’ visits.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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And that's when their calculations revealed that these animals were probably gargantuan — well larger than the giant Pacific octopus, today's biggest member of the family whose arm span often exceeds 13 feet.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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The team evaluated the size of the ancient octopuses using allometric calculation—a method that used the proportional growth rates of modern, long-bodied finned octopuses to extrapolate the size of their extinct relatives.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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The arithmetic does not come close to closing a gap of this magnitude even under the most optimistic assumptions.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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That figure is the cold arithmetic of economic gravity.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Calculus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculus. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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