How to Use calculation in a Sentence

calculation

noun

• The book reveals the cold calculations that were behind the government's policies.
• The computer can do millions of calculations each second.
• Careful calculation is required to determine the required amount of fuel.
• His positions are based on political calculation of what voters want to hear.
• According to experts' calculations, that star will explode within two billion years.
• Based on this calculation, the black hole in UHZ1 must be at least 107 times the mass of the Sun.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2023
• Some of that has to do with nuances with the calculation of the CPI itself.
  — Gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 16 July 2024
• Food costs are also a large part of the CPI calculation.
  — Simon Moore, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• Starting in mid-April, when the new rules take effect, the calculation will change.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• The same calculation can be done for a benchmark index like the S&P, but there’s a problem.
  — Greg McKenna, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2024
• And by Fidelity’s calculations, the site is now worth less than 25% of the $44 billion Musk paid for it.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
• The deal will value Arm at as much as $54.5 billion at the top end of the range, according to Bloomberg News calculations.
  — Liana Baker, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
• This means the majority of the AI calculations take place in the cloud rather than on-device.
  — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 1 May 2024
• The line for chicken fingers was, per my calculation, fifteen times longer than the line for beer.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• Shoppers have to do rapid real-time calculations about whether a batch is worth their time, and then act fast to secure it.
  — Britt Peterson, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
• The researchers did the calculation, assuming the black hole formed about 200 million years after the Big Bang.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2023
• The Brusatte calculations assume that 50 percent of the brain cavity in an adult T. rex was filled by the brain.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
• Under the current calculations, a Max Mara coat was given a three-month life span.
  — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
• Russia’s warnings would not change the calculation about what weapons the U.S. would provide.
  — Jamey Keaten, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2022
• The two most thrilling showmen in the city, Mr. Browne and Willy Chavarria, lead with theater and emotion, not commerce and calculation.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• Just keep in mind that with a little calculation, almost any of your favorite recipes can be scaled back or batch-cooked to fit the smaller bill.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2023
• In a calculation of the homicide clearance rate using cases that were cleared by arrest, the rate is 49%.
  — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2024
• With that calculation, the difference would only come to a small fraction of an inch for a mile-high building.
  — Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
• Best dates for the following full moon, with his time calculations to follow later, are June 19 to 23.
  — Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• But there’s an important part of the calculation that those numbers leave out.
  — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
• But that calculation was based on state policies as of July.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
• According to Naoyuki’s calculations, the far side of Ganymede, where the ripples are, was once located in the north polar region of the moon.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
• The calculations added together the cost for four tickets, parking, two beers, two sodas and four hot dogs.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• By my calculation, that comes to 17 thousandths of a percent of the federal budget, which this year is $6.4 trillion.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
• Chess is a game that takes place almost entirely within a player’s mind, their calculations and machinations visible only to a skilled viewer predicting the next move.
  — Issy Ronald, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024