Sentence examples for Calculation from inspiring English sources
'calculation' is a correct and usable word in written English
It is typically used to refer to the process of performing mathematical operations to find a solution to a problem. However, it can also be used in a more general sense to describe the act of analyzing and strategizing to achieve a desired result. Example: The architect made precise calculations to determine the size and placement of each window in the building. In this sentence, 'calculations' refers to the specific mathematical calculations made by the architect to ensure that the windows fit and function properly.
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The act or process of calculating.
What brought about the change was both economic and political calculation.
Glaring anomalies caused by the removal of child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers remain – with the addition of a complicated system of calculation – and the freeze on personal allowances for the elderly is surely regressive.
However, the proposals never follow through on the worldview – if it is a priority to get this "benefits bill under control", moving the deadline for an £8 per hour minimum wage back to 2019 (from 2020) isn't, by anybody's calculation, going to do it.
After all the prodigious work of the back-rows – Justin Tipuric could be added to the starting six from Wales-Ireland for impact and sheer cussed indefatigability and Courtney Lawes did his normal interpretation of a flanker playing in the wrong row – the title will be decided by the somehow unglamorous calculation of points difference.
But their calculation is based on a false premise.
The DfE said most of the billion pounds is spent on school buildings so my calculation was unfair.
By Watson's calculation, Sinodinos had worked between 26 hours and 45 hours a year.
On one of the documents, there is a calculation with the number 6,000 underlined.
Mandelson said Osborne had "got it" when it came to decentralisation, although he put it down to electoral calculation.
Or caused not to be done, which has become the dominant calculation since the disastrous occupations of Baghdad and – further east – Kabul prompted western leaders to greater caution.
The promotional bumpf says the toothbrush has "more calculation power than the Apollo 12 guidance system".
