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
  • Geissinger brings both folksy charm and dark calculation to the role.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Some of that has to do with nuances with the calculation of the CPI itself.
    — Gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 16 July 2024
  • The West may fear the Russian leader has made the same calculation.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Food costs are also a large part of the CPI calculation.
    — Simon Moore, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • And that is part of the calculation when there is a large national movement in San Diego is a part of that.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 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 deposition was to be part of the process leading to the calculation of a damage award.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 23 Mar. 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
  • But does the calculation change when newcomers crowd the house?
    — Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2022
  • For the Browns in Washington, that calculation convinced them to put in a winning bid on a home.
    — Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • 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 law’s calculation and amount of credit was intended to be based on the volume of export.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
  • But this—this internal calculation—is a huge part of it too.
    — Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Aslund based his calculation on the wealth of Putin's close confidantes.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • According to the consumer group’s calculation, the credit will reduce the electricity price by 1.7 cents per kilowatt-hour beginning in June.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • Preliminary distance and speed calculations by law enforcement indicate Htoo was traveling more than 100 mph at the time of impact, the complaint says.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025

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