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as in to compute
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
the family has been calculating what a week at the beach resort would end up costing
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as in to estimate
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
I calculate that this job will take another two days to finish
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as in to prepare
to work out the details of (something) in advance
calculated the best route to take to the coast
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as in to intend
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
I calculate to run a marathon from start to finish—even if it kills me
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as in to rely
to place reliance or trust
we know we can calculate on you following through, whatever the assignment
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The deal, initially announced in April, carries a price tag of 4.2 billion euros ($4.4 billion), with the equity value calculated at 3.5 billion euros after excluding Dorna's 14% stake.
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
There's a ton of number crunching Indianapolis Colts fans can do to calculate all the ways the team can make it to the postseason for the first time since 2020.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
Administrative fee: If calculated as a percentage of the annuity’s annual value, this fee is usually around 0.3%.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
The survey of households, which is used to calculate the unemployment rate, painted a different picture as the establishment survey that provides the headline payrolls count.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
There's a ton of number crunching Indianapolis Colts fans can do to calculate all the ways the team can make it to the postseason for the first time since 2020.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
Administrative fee: If calculated as a percentage of the annuity’s annual value, this fee is usually around 0.3%.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
The survey of households, which is used to calculate the unemployment rate, painted a different picture as the establishment survey that provides the headline payrolls count.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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Automobiles—from passenger cars to heavy trucks—are continuing their evolution toward becoming computing platforms on wheels, and Qualcomm is aiding that evolution.Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Companies can opt to pay to access their files and computing power through a cloud instead of investing in databases and hardware, so the cloud also offers companies data analytics, AI, and applications for business functions, according to oracle.com.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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During a news conference Tuesday evening, L.A. County Fire Department Chief Anthony C. Marrone reported that an initial aerial survey estimates seven structures have been destroyed and eight others damaged.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Czech government will pay the program the same amount as the levies, with the amount estimated to be $92M a year.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Weary soldiers and citizens express fatalistic optimism while preparing for the loss of U.S. military support.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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As millions prepare to fly for the holidays, the Federal Aviation Administration is warning travelers about a hidden danger in their luggage: lithium-ion batteries.Ash-har Quraishi, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
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The rules were intended to prevent Social Security from overpaying people who worked in non-covered pension jobs, policy experts said.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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To date, the SSU has failed to generate the success or world-building Sony hoped for and intended.Mark Hughes, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Rather than spending countless hours manually crunching numbers in spreadsheets, employees will increasingly be able to rely on intelligent systems to do the heavy lifting.David Henkin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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To form their answers, these LLMs rely on pretraining that metaphorically entails putting trillions of word fragments from existing texts, such as books and websites, into a large blender and coarsely mixing them.Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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But every child has to figure this out on their own for the first time.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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But ancient bone fragments and genes are helping scientists figure that out.Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Players get six attempts to guess a five-letter word.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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Fans had been wrongly guessing the singer would announce the rerecording of the album all year. Don't miss any Taylor Swift news; sign up for the free, weekly newsletter This Swift Beat.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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This fact presents a problem for individuals considering whether to evacuate a particular hurricane, companies deciding to build a new coastal facility, or agencies planning to put new roadways or telecommunications infrastructure in Appalachia.Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Here are the two lane and interchange restrictions that are planned this weekend.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Calculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculate. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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