How to Use calculated in a Sentence

calculated

adjective

• Whitehorn built a spreadsheet and a calculated timeline around coming out.
  — Halley Bondy, NBC News, 21 June 2019
• Her every move seems calculated to needle her way onto the Roy throne—or at least, cast the deciding ballot.
  — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2019
• Bringing the show back now was a calculated decision, according to Davis.
  — Julia MacCary, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
• Stamp: That's my goal as well, to deliver my music to a universal audience, though not in a calculated way.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2019
• Hull said at the time that schools need principals who are innovative, compassionate and unafraid to take calculated risks.
  — Dallas News, 9 July 2019
• Her acting career and accolades were not a calculated public relations makeover, as some suspected.
  — Lisawhill, Longreads, 9 July 2019
• But from what little information has emerged, the incidents look more like an unplanned outbreak of violence than a calculated attempt to seize power.
  — The Economist, 27 June 2019
• However, immigrant rights groups have said the policies amount to a calculated effort to prevent immigrants from entering the country.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2019
• Israeli officials reacted more mildly, with some noting that the plan seemed calculated to turn the Palestinians against their entrenched leaders.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 June 2019
• Draft picks and a couple of calculated waiver-wire pickups have flooded the cornerback and safety spots with talented, experienced options.
  — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 22 July 2019
• This has been an effective, calculated campaign, full of spreadsheets, predictions, and private conversations.
  — Sahil Handa, National Review, 17 June 2019
• The chance to go ahead rather than tie the game was a risk but a calculated one in McCarthy’s view.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2020
• The body of the mouse leans to a calculated 57-degree angle, which forces your arm to stay straight.
  — Malia Griggs, SELF, 29 Sep. 2020
• So maybe the Browns are taking a calculated risk on that.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Mar. 2022
• The calculated ploy sent the now-44-year-old on a journey across college football and the NFL.
  — John Marshall, ajc, 23 Dec. 2020
• Even Meghan’s choice of wardrobe seemed calculated to telegraph the message of a new start.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2021
• The other night, on the porch of her house in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, Jessica Haller took a calculated risk.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2020
• The direction that the book took was not a calculated one.
  — Maris Kreizman, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
• But not all of the calculated excesses rub her the wrong way.
  — Malcolm Harris, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2020
• Was that a calculated decision that now seems to have worked in such a close race?
  — Abc News, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2022
• The shift in genres wasn’t a calculated move for Lee, or even done out of a sense of restlessness.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2021
• It’s all about calculated risk and just getting the most out of the weekend as possible, and for us, that needs to be a win.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2020
• Paddling a kayak in the ocean is always a calculated risk.
  — David Brown, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
• But the moves DiPoto made were clever and calculated, and improved the offense.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2022
• This, too, is just out of reach at the moment — as the county’s latest calculated case rate stands at 216.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022
• Despite his love of the spotlight, the high priest opted to hang back, a calculated effort to play it cool.
  — Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
• But her love for the sport was more of a happy accident than a calculated choice.
  — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
• Kennedy was a shrewd member of the House and Senate, and his calculated rise to power was both swift and historic....
  — Philip Terzian, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2020
• Whether you're caught off guard in the city by your feelings or need to release a calculated howl into the void, these are the best places to escape for a sob.
  — Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2022
• Likewise, China responded to Mr. Trump’s trade war by slapping tariffs on American goods, including soybeans and pork in a calculated drive to hurt his supporters in farm country.
  — Paul Wiseman, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024