How to Use calculus in a Sentence

calculus

noun
  • That is not something that really goes into the calculus for us.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2022
  • And with more options coming, the calculus is changing for buyers.
    Ben Foldy, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022
  • But there’s little reputational risk for judges — and adding a risk score doesn’t change that calculus.
    Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
  • That calculus might slightly shift for unvaccinated people who have had a brush with a non-Omicron flavor of the virus.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022
  • In such cases, the calculus of incentives is clearly different, because outsiders do not face the same risks that insiders do.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Making it through an Omicron infection doesn’t change the simple calculus around what sort of activities are safer than others.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The statement shifted the calculus of risk and liability for businesses.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 10 Jan. 2022
  • However, beyond GameStop looking to get in on the booming crypto economy, the calculus behind such deals is unclear.
    Declan Harty, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2022
  • When embarking on your AI journey, keep in mind that each retailer's calculus on risk versus reward will look different, as will the specifics of the deployment.
    Mike Ryan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Horror has been one of the more reliable subgenres during the pandemic, but the current Omicron wave has complicated the calculus.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Driving this push is the ravaging impact that Omicron is having on essential workforces -- a development that has changed the calculus of governments.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022
  • And their parents, too, might welcome the opportunity to watch football this way, requiring of them no moral calculus, no ritualistic displays of alarm for the wounded.
    Jake Nevins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2022
  • And for many individuals, the calculus for a move is more nuanced than simply whether a state is dominated by Republicans or Democrats.
    Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • That may not change the Fed’s calculus on rate cuts, though.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
  • And then the gate agent explained the pitiless calculus of the oversold flight: The man had been the last to check in.
    Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022
  • But the war changed the calculus for the Ukrainians and Americans alike.
    Justin Scheck, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • That seems like an immoral trade off, if that’s the calculus.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
  • One loss — even getting shut out — didn’t change the calculus for Roberts.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Pretty good calculus on all sides to get a deal done ...
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
  • But the 9th Circuit’s decision in the Duarte case changed the calculus.
    Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
  • But a crisis in the banking sector that emerged last month has changed the calculus.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Putting him on the ticket could alter the calculus there.
    Erin Doherty, Axios, 24 July 2024
  • And that export cost calculus may change in the future.
    WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022
  • With all that in mind, teams with stars on the mend must weigh the delicate calculus about whether to bring them back at all — and if so, when.
    New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022
  • How much is looking ahead to a new CBA and a media rights deal in about three years a part of the calculus for today?
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The idea of using dental calculus—or hardened plaque—to study diseases of the past is not new.
    Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 2 Nov. 2022
  • As time went on, the whale’s continued refusal to eat began to change the risk calculus for a move.
    Sam Schechner, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022
  • How does Russell Crowe boarding as Zeus change the calculus for you?
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2022
  • But these ever-watching eyes complicate the calculus of what gear to buy, how to move and where to dig in.
    Colin Demarest, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
  • What happens next is a pounding on the door that tells Knight her hostage negotiator calculus was off.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024

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